Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Load-shedding triggers protest across the district Badin

Scores of citizens, including men and their children, staged several protest demonstrations against no supply of power (electricity) from a long of previous two week even during from starts of holy month Ramzan till filling this report, prolonged and unscheduled load-shedding in various parts of the city of Badin.
The residents of the different parts of city including Seerani road, Ward no: 05, Shahi Bazar, Shah Latif road, Bilawal Park, Post office area, Army sugar Mills road Badin, Kachhi Mohla, Gujrati Mohla, Kazia Canal, Khatti Mohla and others areasled the protests for immediate supply of power and minimize the load-shedding during the holy month of Ramzan.
Enraged people haling of different areas city led by Ayaz Rahimon, Nadeem Abbasi, Rizwan Zaur, Ram Chand, Ghulam Sarwar Shaikh, Nazir Udhejo, Ali Akbar Udhejo, Dhani Bux, Ahsan Memon and others gathered at outside of Badin Press Club on Monday and shouted slogans against the federal and provincial governments for their people negligence policy and failing to take any action against WAPDA officials.
The protesters alleged the politicians of district and HESCO officials of not taking measures to address the issue. On the others hand, Govt of Sindh has announced heat-stroke for the week long span of time and advised to the people to avoid going out of the shelters from dawn to dusk amid to protect them from upsets of heat-stroke.
The people of Badin facing extreme heat and load-shedding and dearth of the water adding that unannounced load-shedding had made their lives miserable. The regretted that HESCO officials did not even bother to attend phone calls of the citizens let to resolve the complaints.
Adding the protesters demanded the water and power ministry to take immediate notice of the situation and bring an end of unscheduled load-shedding and stressed that government to take strict action against those officers who do not pay heed to the complaints of the citizens.
http://www.thesindhtimes.com/sindh/05/load-shedding-triggers-protest-across-district-badin/

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