While the people are angry with the unscheduled power cuts in both urban and rural areas of Kashmir Valley, the improvement in the power distribution system is no where visible in Kashmir Valley almost more than a month before the commencement of 40 day long harshest period of winter called “Chila-i-Kalan”. While no questions are raised over short duration power cuts in metered areas and long duration power cuts in non metered areas, the people across Kashmir are aghast over the short duration power cuts in metered areas of cities and towns and long duration power cuts in the metered rural areas of Kashmir valley. By all standards of understandabilities the uniformity in the power curtailment schedule in metered areas of both urban and rural parts of Kashmir valley should have been maintained and more so after snapping power connections of the consumers for non-payment of power tariff bills in the metered areas of both urban and rural parts of Kashmir valley. More explanations can’t be sought from the gullible domestic consumers after payment of all pending power tariff bills. Apparently there remains no scope for the functionaries of Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Ltd (KPDCL) to enforce unscheduled power cuts time and again after hiking the power tariff rates by 8-12% for the domestic consumers. Unfortunately students are worst hit by the unscheduled power cuts after the change in academic session from Oct-Nov to March-April from this year as they have already got engaged into a rigorous phase of preparations for the examinations to be held in ensuing months of March and April from next year. What matters the most is the fact that while the students over and above primary classes are still attending schools which have been kept unprecedentedly open this year till Mid December, the intermittent power cuts are disrupting hassle free power supply to heating appliances used by some of the schools for the comfort of the students.
The availability of power availability during winters is not only needed for the facility of domestic consumers but also for the comfort of the students attending classes in either schools or private coaching centres and the patients admitted at hospitals in Srinagar and major towns of Kashmir valley. May be Government hospitals have the facility of round the clock power supply but patients in private hospitals suffer a lot due to unscheduled power cuts more during night than during the day time. Improvements in power distribution system is all people expect from Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Ltd (KPDCL) before the commencement of 40 days harshest period of winter called “Chilla-i-Kalan”
The availability of power availability during winters is not only needed for the facility of domestic consumers but also for the comfort of the students attending classes in either schools or private coaching centres and the patients admitted at hospitals in Srinagar and major towns of Kashmir valley. May be Government hospitals have the facility of round the clock power supply but patients in private hospitals suffer a lot due to unscheduled power cuts more during night than during the day time. Improvements in power distribution system is all people expect from Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Ltd (KPDCL) before the commencement of 40 days harshest period of winter called “Chilla-i-Kalan”
