Shutter down strike- letter

Through the courtesy of your esteemed paper, I would like to invite the attention of higher authorities towards the shutter down in Chitral town for the last 4 days to press public demand to provide electricity to the 8000 consumers of PESCO in the town. This is higher deplorable that during the last 4 days higher authorities and public representatives have paid no attention to the shutter down. Traders Union and Driver Union have joined hand to continue more drastic demonstration of anger and protest another 5 days.

It is pertinent to note that the problem of power break down is 10 years old problem. It was during the District Govt that the problem aggravated to the highest level  and the Nazim did nothing for the town for 70,000 population. In July 2008, the incumbent MNA had promised in a crowd at Chew bridge to solve the problem of power break down in Chitral within 2 month, but he did not solve the problem after the lapse of 2 years. Provincial Minister did nothing despite his promises and posters. This is wrong to say that the problem was created by snowfall. As a matter of fact, the problem was there even before the snow fall.

 

This problem is not linked with the national grid. Chitral town has its own hydel power house and 4 diesel power generators. The power break down is not because of power shortage, it is just because of mismanagement. Therefore 70,000 population of the town is supporting the shutter down. The only way to call of the shutter down is rehabilitation of old machinery in the power house and providing diesel for running the generators. Had there been a will, this problem would have been solved 2 years back.

Bashir Hussain Azad,
Chitral.

02 Feb 2010.

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