Srinagar, Kashmir’s chief cleric and Hurriyat Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday castigated authorities for the electricity crisis in Kashmir.
Kashmir is currently facing an acute shortage of electricity leaving residents in the lurch.
While addressing the Friday congregation at the historic Jamia Masjid Srinagar, Mirwaiz said that the electricity situation in Kashmir has become alarming.
“Although lack of electricity has been an issue since decades , it has never been so bad at this time of year . People from all over the valley have been calling on me and expressing their deep concern about lack of electricity,” Mirwiaz said.
He said 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 . We are told that great prosperity has come to us when the basic facility of electricity is nowhere. Lack of electricity is severely impacting our daily life ,leaving our homes and business powerless,” Mirwaiz said.
“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 said.
Mirwaiz urged the authorities to immediately take corrective measures and ensure undisrupted power supply to people who are facing severe problems due to its unavailability.
