Ganderbal faces irregular power supply

The pesky power supply continues to haunt consumers in Ganderbal district as complaints of unscheduled and prolonged power curtailment pour in across the district. Residents of several areas including Gund, Naranag, Kullan, Fraw, Sumbal, Ganiwan , Kangan, Ganderbal besides other areas of the district complained that power supply is playing hide and seek aggravating the woes of people.

The consumers said that the pesky power supply is causing immense hardships to them . " We are facing this problem of unscheduled and prolonged power outages for the last one month now," they said, adding that despite claims by the department they have not been able to provide proper power supply to consumers.

Residents of other areas of the district had the same story to tell. Prolonged power curtailment schedules continue to haunt consumers as well as the students and business community here who have urged the government to streamline the power supply and ensure regular power to consumers. The consumers receiving electricity from the receiving station Surfraw in tehsil Gund said that it needs to be upgraded and further augmented so that the power outages are avoided.