Srinagar, Sept 17: Expressing their concern over the recent decision of the Power Department to disconnect electricity to “defaulting commercial units”, the Kashmir Retailers Association has sought intervention of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, to find an amicable way out in view of the economic crisis faced by retail businesses.
In a handout, the KRA President, Farhan Kitab, who is also the core member of All India Retailers Association, said, “non-payment of the power bills by the business community needs to be seen through the prism of humanity in times of Covid19 pandemic.”
“While the business community is struggling to come out of the slump due to first and second waves, and the third wave has arrived, government of Jammu and Kashmir needs to show compassion much the way the governments are doing elsewhere,” Kitab said.
“When governments elsewhere like that in UP, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Delhi are announcing relief and sops for the affected business community, the decision to disconnect power connections in J&K is only discriminatory,” Kitab said.
He appealed the LG to personally look into the matter for the collective welfare of business community in Jammu and Kashmir.
