Infuriated over unscheduled power cuts and erratic electric supply in the area residents of Highway town Banihal and other adjoining villages held a protest demonstration against Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Department (JKPDC) and executive Engineer Maintenance and Rural Electrification Division Batote and trip the links of Sub Station at Tehthar Grid Station.
They were later joined by elected village representatives also.
Raising slogans against the electricity corporation the residents including shopkeepers staged a protest demonstration in front of the Gate of (50MWA) Grid Station Tethar Banihal for more than two hours; they were demanding immediate intervention of senior engineers of electric corporation Jammu in streamlining the power supply to Banihal town and adjoining areas.
