Unscheduled Power Cuts Add to Woes of Tral Residents

Ahead of the winter, the residents across Tral, Awantipora and adjoining villages in South Kashmir's Pulwama district are expressing deep resentment over persistent and unscheduled power cuts, which they say have upended routine life far earlier than expected.

- Observer News Service

Residents from multiple localities including Tral town, Nowdal, Dadsara, Awantipora, Charsoo, Lurgam, Pinglish and Koil reported that power supply has become increasingly unreliable over the past several weeks, despite regular bill payments and repeated assurances from the Power Development Department (PDD).

For students preparing for examinations, the situation has become particularly stressful. “Electricity disappears every couple of hours without any warning. The evenings are already cold, and it becomes very difficult to study or even sit comfortably in our rooms,” Zahid Ahmad, a resident of Tral town told KNO.