Manjit slams JPDCL for power crisis in Jammu

Jammu, July 25: Apni Party Provincial President, Jammu and former minister, S. Manjit Singh on Thursday strongly criticised the Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (JPDCL) for deepening power crises in the region.
“The electricity crisis has deepened in Jammu due to the unscheduled hours power cuts affecting the normal life as well as the business establishments,” Singh said while chairing a meeting of Apni Party leaders of District Committee, Jammu at Gandhi Nagar Office of the Party. The meeting was attended by the senior leaders of the Party.
Reviewing the working of the party and issues confronted by the people, the former minister held a threadbare discussion over various issues. He said the electricity crisis has persisted continuously for the last three months with no attempt from the government to address the concerns of the people in Jammu. The people suffered during the heatwave and the JPDCL remained in deep slumber, he added.
‘The people are suffering and the government has failed to take any step to ensure adequate power supply. Instead, the JPDCL has been charging excessive bills to the power consumers even as they are being supplied very little electricity in comparison to the charges they pay,” he said.
The Apni Party leader said, “The power cuts go up to 8 to 10 hours in a day. The damaged transformers, and electricity poles replacement take weeks and hence, the people suffer for one reason or the other.”
Singh, however, cautioned the authorities that if they fail to address the growing electricity crisis in Jammu, the Apni Party will hit the roads, and protest the JPDCL and the government’s failure to address the issues of the people.