Tral: Qayampora and Gousia Colony in Amirabad reeling under darkness

BASHARAT RASHID

Tral, 8 Jan: The residents of Qayampora and Gousia Colony in Amirabad village of Tral sub district have been reeling under darkness for the past few days, leaving the  people in a state of despair.

The aggrieved residents in Qayampora area have said that they have not seen electricity for a last few days, as the transformer of the area has developed technical snag disrupting the power supply in the area.

They said that their transformer is developing technical snag frequently, which clearly shows that it’s not sufficient to cater to the electricity needs of this area.

“The repeated damage of existing transformer not only compounds the problems of people but also causes hardships to students. In last fifteen days, our transformer blowed up twice. Single transformer is not sufficient to cater to 70 families,” residents said.

The residents demanded intervention of higher ups and said that necessary steps should be taken to ensure better power supply to Qayampora Amirabad area.

It’s pertinent to mention here that as a mark of protest, the locals here made an artificial transformer with snow, & later uploaded its picture on social networking site, which is making rounds on social media.

Similarly, the locals in Gousia Colony at Amirabad have appealed PDD authorities to repair their damaged transformer on priority.

Meanwhile, an official has said that transformers were received a day back, and shall be repaired in a stipulated time.