Jammu residents decry IIOJK administration’s failure to provide basic needs
Jammu: Workers from a Jammu-based organization staged protest against the New Delhi-installed administration in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, demanding basic necessities like power and water amid soaring temperatures.
According to Kashmir Media Service, led by Dogra Front Shiv Sena (DFSS) president Ashok Gupta, the protesters gathered in Jammu city, decrying the IIOJK administration’s failure to provide adequate power and water supply.
Carrying empty buckets and water pots, the demonstrators chanted slogans like “Give us electricity, give us power” to express their discontent with the administration.
DFSS chief Gupta told reporters, “We are protesting against the power and water crises in Jammu. Despite the lieutenant governor’s promise of adequate power supply during the summer season, we have seen no improvement.”
Gupta emphasized the severity of the situation, stating, “In temperatures soaring up to 45 degrees Celsius, our children are suffering the most due to the lack of water and power.”
The ongoing heat wave has exacerbated the power and water crises in several areas of Jammu, prompting a group of women to stage a protest at a local railway station last Thursday, blocking trains to highlight the water shortage.
