The electricity woes are increasing day by day with the approach of winter season in both the divisions of Jammu and Kashmir and the people face untold sufferings and inconvenience due to the hide and seek of electricity.
With the approach of the winter season the electricity scenario is worse as the people are facing scheduled and unscheduled power cuts thus compounding the woes of the consumers .
The position is same in both the metered and unmetered areas and the people are under the grip of severe power crisis and they feel pain of not having electricity and parting of the excess money for the use of same power.
The Government has without any reason and justification raised electric tariffs without any improvement in the electricity situation.
These days’ consumers in both Jammu and Kashmir are being cheated and deceived by the PDD and the power corporation because they are facing worse electricity crisis as the people have to remain without electricity in normal times as well as in peak hours. One fails to understand as to what is wrong with electricity and why the people are being put to great inconvenience in the absence of the required electricity.
Despite the installation of smart meters in majority of the areas, the power situation has not changed, but is deterioting with each passing day and putting the innocent consumers to hardships.
There is no one to rescue the consumers from the worse power situation.In summer,hot and humid season,there was some improvement in the power scenario but with the onset of autumn and fast coming winter, the power is conspicuous by its absence as there are scheduled and unscheduled power cuts which are troublesome and inconvenient for the public.
While the PDD and power corporation assured the consumers that there will be improvement in power scenario,but on the ground instead of any improvement,the electricity situation has become worse as the consumers are now subjected to unscheduled power cuts, thus proving the fact that power situation is haywire and consumers are faced with the worse electricity crisis.
Government is planning to privatize the power sector only to the disadvantage of the power employees but without any improvement in electricity situation.
In both the divisions of Jammu and Kashmir, people are facing unprecedented power crisis and there seems no way out from the crisis. Both Jammu as well as Kashmir is plunging into darkness due to the failure of electricity.
The consumers are paying the power tariffs like the honest men but in turn only get the scant power with the result that all the gadgets of ease which run and operate on power cannot be operated in the absence of electricity and thus the people are forced to spend their time without electricity.
One fails to understand as to what for they are paying the inflated electricity bills. On one side the PDD /power development corporation are charging hefty amounts as the power tariff, but on the other side,consumers are reeling into power crisis which is a bad experience for the consumers.
A consumer has the right to adequate power but they are provided very scant electricity which is a harrowing experience for the general public. Government has declared both Jammu and Srinagar cities as smart cities which means that the people of these two cities will be provided all the services and civic amenities hassle free,but so far as electricity is concerned,they are not provided electricity uninterruptedly because they face worst power crisis compounding their difficulties in the autumn season in both Jammu as well as in Kashmir.
