PESHAWAR: Low voltage and unbearable load-shedding of power supply in Peshawar, Nowshera and Charsadda has annoyed customers to a point that they could not longer held on to their anger and came out and blocked the roads in protest that cause serious issues for the commuters in this sweltering heat on Wednesday.
It all started right after the beginning of Ramazan forcing people to bring drinking water from far-off areas on motorcycles and trolleys due to shortage of water supply. Even the mosques were out of water since day 1 of Ramazan.
Besides link roads the main arteries like Bara road, Charsadda road and Kohat road were blocked by the protestors following the announcement made by the authorities of mosques on loudspeakers.
The protestors burnt tyres and threw stones on the vehicles leading a huge traffic jam on either sides of the road. Protestors continued to shout anti-government slogans throughout the whole protest.
Protestors did not only include the general public of these cities but also the Nazims and different political parties led the whole protest.
Talking to media persons, Awami National Party leader Khushdil Khan Advocate said that the federal government had promised to avoid load-shedding during Ramazan, especially at Sehr and Iftar times, but failed to fulfill its commitment.
People have been facing power outages and acute shortage of water; he said and added that in such a situation they could not remain silent.
The road was opened when police officials on behalf of Peshawar Electric Supply Company assured the protesters of solution to their demand.
