Will restore 100% power supply, says J&K L-G
The Hindu
Power Dept. workers’ strike against privatisation continues as talks fail
J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said 60% of electricity supply had been restored in the Union Territory (UT) and promised to restore 100% supply by Tuesday, as protests by around 20,000 employees of the Power Development Department continued for the third day and affected university examinations and the tourism sector.
“I understand your pain caused by the disruption in electricity supply. Many generations of J&K have spent their life dreaming about getting an uninterrupted 24 hours supply of electricity. We have taken the bold initiative of reforms in the power sector to realize that dream,” Mr. Sinha said.
He accused the previous regimes of not intending “to better the system to bring qualitative change in people's lives”. The L-G said personnel from the REC, the NTPC and the NHPC, and officers from the Army Engineering Corps, have joined to restore the electricity in the wake of protests.