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Shopian: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, residents of Landora village in Shopian district staged a protest against the occupation authorities’ anti-people policies, particularly the persistent power outages, which have made life unbearable during the harsh winter.
According to a statement by Kashmir Media Service, villagers, including men and the elderly, gathered in large numbers at the Deputy Commissioner’s office, holding electricity bills in their hands as a symbol of their frustration. They expressed their anguish over the severe power cuts that have disrupted their lives, with students struggling to prepare for exams, patients requiring oxygen suffering due to the outages, and businesses incurring heavy losses.
Protesters said their repeated appeals to the authorities for an uninterrupted power supply had fallen on deaf ears. “We have been left to suffer in freezing temperatures without basic amenities like electricity. This is nothing short of sheer negligence by the administration,” a protester said.
The residents said the Indian-installed administration is pursuing policies that disregard the basic needs of the people of the territory, calling it part of a broader agenda to suppress the local population. They demanded immediate redressal of the issue and called on the international community to take notice of the hardships faced by Kashmiris under Indian occupation.
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