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Safa Kadal residents stage protest against installation of smart meters

The aggrieved from areas like Dana Mazar, Al Noor colony, and adjacent areas said that authorities are “cherry picking their locality in the meter installation process.
12:25 AM Feb 04, 2025 IST | Auqib Salam
safa kadal residents stage protest against installation of smart meters
Safa Kadal residents stage protest against installation of smart meters
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Srinagar, Feb 3: The residents of Safa Kadal locality in Downtown staged a protest against the installation of smart meters in the area.

The aggrieved from areas like Dana Mazar, Al Noor colony, and adjacent areas said that authorities are “cherry picking their locality in the meter installation process.

The aggrieved, including women, assembled on the roads of the locality and urged authorities not to 'cherry pick' their area in meter installation. They said they are not in the economic condition to foot the metered bills, and they also want their poor locality not to be cherry-picked.

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"Our area is supplied power by feeder four. Rest of the areas are yet to get smart meters while locality comprising mostly economically weak families has been cherry-picked,” they said.

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The female protesters resented the process of meter installation. They said that their men are doing meager jobs to feed families, and the meter installation will push them to more poverty.

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"Politicians visited our area during the recent elections, promising that there would be no meter installation. Now no one is coming here to help us. We don't want any meter installation as inflated bills will break our backs," said a female protester amid slogans.

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The residents also said that the meter installation has pushed them into power shutdown. They said critical patients in their area are also facing the brunt of the issue. The residents in these areas appalled authorities to halt the meter installation process.

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