{"id":6091,"date":"2025-12-05T19:04:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=6091"},"modified":"2025-12-05T19:04:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:04:36","slug":"unscheduled-power-cuts-hit-oxygen-dependent-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/05\/unscheduled-power-cuts-hit-oxygen-dependent-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Unscheduled power cuts hit Oxygen-dependent patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Consumers urge PDD to provide electricity as per schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n

Srinagar, Dec 05: Repeated and prolonged power outages across several areas of Kashmir have pushed residents to the edge, with families of oxygen-dependent patients saying the situation has become \u201cunbearable\u201d as temperatures continue to dip.<\/p>\n

Locals from different areas of Kashmir told the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that despite paying monthly tariffs on time, electricity is being snapped unpredictably\u2014sometimes for hours during peak evening and night hours.<\/p>\n

Residents said that the lack of a proper power supply schedule has made daily life extremely difficult, and in many homes, patients who rely on oxygen concentrators or other medical devices are experiencing serious distress.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy father needs oxygen support round the clock. Every time the power goes off, his breathing gets laboured. We are living in constant fear,\u201d said Aashiq Ahmad, a resident of Pulwama.<\/p>\n

He added that running the device on an inverter or generator is not always possible due to rising fuel and battery costs.<\/p>\n

In Shopian, residents complained that despite assurances, the electricity supply is erratic and far from meeting winter requirements.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not asking for 24\u00d77 power. All we want is a fixed schedule so we can plan our day and manage the needs of elderly and sick family members,\u201d said Suhail Lone, a local shopkeeper.<\/p>\n

Families with infants and elderly people said the outages during early mornings and late evenings\u2014when temperatures drop sharply\u2014are the hardest to deal with. Many households have shifted to firewood and gas heaters, adding to expenses and safety worries.<\/p>\n

Several areas reported that the voltage drops sharply even when power is restored.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of our appliances have either burnt or developed faults. Low voltage is as big a problem as the outage itself,\u201d said residents of Kulgam\u2019s Yaripora hamlet<\/p>\n

People urged the Power Development Department (PDD) to issue a clear and realistic load-shedding schedule and ensure it is followed on the ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe aren\u2019t against curtailment, but the cuts should be announced and managed properly. The current situation is chaotic,\u201d said Shabnum Jan from Anantnag.<\/p>\n

Local residents have appealed to the administration to intervene, especially to safeguard households with medical emergencies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the government can\u2019t ensure uninterrupted power, at least they should provide scheduled supply so that oxygen-dependent patients won’t suffer,\u201d said another resident.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, officials from the Power Department said they are aware of the issues but attributed the curtailments to an increased winter load and said that they are trying level best to provide scheduled supply. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Consumers urge PDD to provide electricity as per schedule Srinagar, Dec 05: Repeated and prolonged power outages across several areas of Kashmir have pushed residents to the edge, with families of oxygen-dependent patients saying the situation has become \u201cunbearable\u201d as temperatures continue to dip. Locals from different areas of Kashmir told the news agency\u2014Kashmir News […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6093,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6091\/revisions\/6093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}