Since Friday midnight 20,000 PDD employees are on an indefinite strike to protest the governmentโs move to merge J&KPDD into the Power Grid Corporation of India and privatisation of assets. SRINAGAR โ Several areas in Kashmir are facing electricity outages as the government has failed to negotiate with the Power Development Department (PDD) employees who…
โThis year the power situation has become inconsistent and irregular even before the arrival of winter. With no signs of improvement, many residents said that patients, students, and the elderly are under stress as a result of power outages.โ SRINAGAR โ Despite the government’s promises to provide round the clock electricity, consumers in Kashmir continue…
As the valley grapples with medieval power cuts once again this early winter, many people have resumed old ways to ward off the bone-numbing cold. But the frequent darkness has only aggravated the already frozen turbulence in Kashmir. A downtowner doubling as street jester has a new trade tip for his Nowhatta tribe these days.…