Suspected militants damage 400 KV electricity transmission tower in Shopian of Kashmir
In what appears to be a major attempt of sabotage, unidentified persons suspected to be militants, cut out a portion of two limbs of 400 KV electricity transmission tower in Chitragam village of Shopian in southern Kashmir.
If the tower was damaged and sabotage was successful, most of the areas in Kashmir Valley could have been pushed suddenly into darkness for many hours and amplified load shedding for many days to come.
The armed forces noticed the damage in tower number of 348 of Kishenpur-Wagoora transmission line when they were on a search operation in Chittragam villagein wake of the killing of two non-local truck drivers-Ilyas Khan and Zahid Khan from Rajasthan – who were shot dead around 7:30pm on Thursday. The two spots are just few hundred meters away in Chitragam village.
