SRINAGAR: Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Molvi Muhammad Umar Farooq while addressing the Friday congregation at the historic Jama Masjid Srinagar said that the electricity situation in Kashmir has become alarming.
Although lack of electricity has been an issue for decades, it has never been so bad at this time of year, he said.
“People from all over the valley have been calling on me and expressing their deep concern about the lack of electricity. It is the fundamental duty of the ruling dispensation to provide the basic amenity of electricity to the people. This despite having huge water resources and generation capacity electricity produced by the state is exported outside and we who have the first right to it are living in darkness,” he said.
Mirwaiz added, “We are told that great prosperity has come to us when the basic facility of electricity is nowhere. The lack of electricity is severely impacting our daily lives, leaving our homes and businesses powerless. It is not that people are not paying. In the past few years, power tariff has been increased three times, smart meters have been installed all over and yet electricity is elusive.”
He urged the authorities to immediately take corrective measures and ensure an undisrupted power supply to people who are facing severe problems due to its unavailability.

KR Desk