Mudasir Rashid
Ganderbal: The protests against the Power Development Department (PDD) seems to have no end in the Ganderbal area as the Paktoonpati Mamar area in Central Ganderbal continued in dark due to damaged transformer, today take to streets claiming that the area reel under darkness from past few days.
As per the reports available with Kashmir Age, the inhabitants of Paktoonpati in Mamar areas took to streets today alleging that the department has ignored them at all fronts as their area transformer damaged few days back. Today scores of people here blocked the Srinagar Leh National highway at Mamar area to mark a protest against the department. The protesting residents while chanting anti-PDD slogans, demanding replacement of damaged transformer.
The protesters including men and women had erected a temporary barricade on the roads and were not allowing the commuters to move ahead, which also resulted in the massive traffic jam in the area.
Reports said that hundreds of vehicles were seen stranded on the highway as the protesters had blocked the highway.
The protesters said that they are reeling under darkness from past few days but unfortunately, the department has taken no measures to redress the genuine grievances of inhabitants here. The failure of the department forced them to take streets. “We have been ignored at all fronts. The authorities must not ignore our plights and should install our area transformer at earliest so that we can feel a sigh of relief,” they added.
However, after reaching higher authorities with local police on spot, the protesters later dispersed peacefully.
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