COPD patients suffer badly due to power outages: Tarigami

Srinagar, Dec 20: CPI(M) senior leader and MLA Kulgam, Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami said on Friday that in absence of seamless electricity in valley, the patients having Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are compelled to press generators into service, which significantly enhance their treatment cost.

He said additionally the general public is also facing immense hardships due to power outages amidst sub-zero temperatures, and urged authorities to ensure uninterrupted power supply to consumers.

“In the absence of a seamless electricity, COPD patients in many areas of the Valley have to press generators into service, significantly enhancing their treatment costs. Additionally, amidst sub-zero temperatures, the protracted power outages cause immense hardships to people,”, Tarigami in a post on X said.

“Urging the authorities to ensure an uninterrupted supply of electricity,” he added on X.