In last four months, the community transformer of Muqam-e-Shahewali village of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district has got damaged on six occasions, leaving hundreds of souls under darkness in harshest winter.“We have been repeatedly demanding upgradation of transformer as it gets damaged every now and then,” the locals said.They said the transformer was prone to damages and concerned PDD authorities failed to rectify it despite being informed time and again.“The fault leading to the damage to the transformer was due to the local lineman but its consequences are being suffered by us,” said the locals of Dawood Colony, Muqam-e-Shahewali, accusing the PDD of being ‘indifferent’ to their woes.
“It is a routine now. We have been repeatedly demanding upgradation of the transformer because it is overloaded but there is not even a whisper by the officials which speaks volumes about the lack of concern to our woes,” they said.The residents have been demanded JK Peoples Conference chairman Sajad Lone and MLA Kupwara Bashir Ahmad Dar of the same party to personally interfere into the matter so as to seen installation of fresh transformer in the area to prevent what they said recurring troubles.“We are facing immense hardships in absence of electricity. Education of our children is suffering badly. Patients and elders are facing difficulties in absence of the electric light,” they said urging the concerned authorities to restore the electricity at the earliest. (GNS)