Kilam residents protest against PDD for ‘failing’ to repair twin damaged transformers.
Danishwar Hameed
The residents of Ganie Mohalla Kilam village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district Friday staged a protest against the Power Development Department (PDD) for failing to repair two electric transformers of the village from three weeks.
The protesters, mostly women assembled at Ganie Mohalla main road at Kilam and chanted slogans against the Power Development Department & blocked the road.
Locals demanded authorities to repair their two damaged transformers at the earliest.
While talking to The Kashmiriyat Shabir Ahmad Bhat, a local resident told that the 250 KV and 63 KV transformer in the area developed some technical snags three times in three weeks and since then they are reeling under darkness while PDD has failed to repair their damaged transformers.
He said that without a supply of electricity, the students are suffering a lot as they have been preparing for their ongoing board exams these days.
The locals have appealed to the higher authorities to look into the matter.