SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir administration has served a notice to an employee of a Forest Department for criticising the Power Development Department over poor electricity supply in Kashmir during the winter season.
The Hindu reported that an employee of the Forest Department, who holds the rank of a head assistant, has been served a notice and asked to explain his position within three days.
The Government employee had uploaded the video to Facebook.
As per officials quoted by the news report, the employee had shared a video criticizing the administration for enhancing electricity charges.
“Besides, you also criticize the administration for school children not attending the online classes due to shortage of electricity. The act of the employee amounted to “misconduct and violation of Section 18 of J&K Government Employees (Conduct Rules) 1971”, the notice read.
Amid chilling cold conditions, the Kashmir valley is witnessing frequent power cuts, like every year, which has caused widespread grief among the people.
The Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited has announced further cut in power schedule, according to which non-metered areas will face 6 to 7.5 hours of power cuts in a day. While as in metered areas power cuts will last from 4.5 to 6 hours a day.
The residents of Kashmir valley complain that they are paying normal fees, taxes and bills, yet the electricity they are receiving is minimal.
The Union Territory administration dismissed more than dozen government employees this year since an order was issued by Commissioner-Secretary, General Administration Department (GAD), Manoj Dwivedi mentioning that “the employees in public departments will need to disclose their biographic details as well as social media accounts, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram”.