Power meters will give new facilities and power supply will also be better:AEE PDD Ganderbal
Aaqib Rasool
Ganderbal 16 Jan(KNZ):Residents of Duderhamama protest against PDD department demand remove power meters in the area
Protestors halting traffic movement on Duderhamama road however, road was thrown open for traffic later after concerned Naib Tehsildar, Ganderbal police and AEE PDD intervention.
The protestors said that the PDD department Ganderbal came to install power meters in the area. Soon scores of locals, mostly women assembled on road and stage demonstrations against the move.
Residents said that we are poor and cannot afford bills generated by these power Meters. If government wants to install these meters, they should install these in the households that can afford bills.
They said Our children are jobless and how can they pay the hefty bills generated by these power meters.We won’t allow installation of these meters
Assistant Executive Engineer PDD Sanjay Wakhlu told media that “people have myths about smart meters and the meters won’t generate hefty bills.
“We came here to make people understand but no one is ready to understand.
Meter will only give new facilities and power supply will also be better.
If government wants to remove power meters then our department don’t have any issue, he added.KNZ
