Pulwama: The State Industrial Development Corporation (SIDCO) in Lassipora, the biggest industrial estate in Kashmir, has been battling with power crisis with industrialists reporting economic losses and urging administration to save the sector.
Industrial units have urged for an uninterrupted power supply.
News agency KNO quoted an industrialist saying that their work relies on electricity but unscheduled power cuts are hitting them hard. Almost 350 unit holders are affected, he added.
Nisar Ahmad, a unit holder, said they are paying electricity dues in time and yet PDD has resorts to power cuts.
"The government promised it would supply uninterrupted electricity to industrial areas but the current unscheduled cuts have proved all these promises are hoax," he said.
"We already suffered a lot in the last few years due to clampdown and Covid-19 and now the electricity crisis is further escalating our problems,” said Mohammad Amin, another industrialist.
He added that the Power Development Department does not have any authority to curtail electricity in industrial estates and still power cuts are prevalent in the estate.
Despite bringing the issue into notice of concerned authorities several times, nothing is being done on the ground, they said.
They requested concerned authorities to look into the matter and make immediate arrangements so that scheduled power supply will be available and unit holders won’t face losses again this year.
