Mirpur: (Parliament Times) AJKs’ lake view city of Mirpur and rest of the district Saturday recorded current summer’s highest temperature while as power curtailments coupled with erratic water supply continue to add to the woes of the people during the scorching heat.
With the mercury touching 45.03 degrees Celsius mark, the day temperature has gone up by 3.03 degrees above the normal temperature affecting the normal life.
The concerned department sources told this scribe on Saturday evening that temperature will continue to rise further during next two days till any system develops for the rains most probably coming Tuesday.
It may be recalled that the highest ever temperature during the last summer was recorded at 47.5 degrees Celsius and the possibility of mercury crossing the last year’s mark cannot be ruled out keeping in view the prevailing weather conditions.
The fast rising temperature in the area has thrown the life out of gear with people particularly two wheeler riders are seen covering their faces with clothes in order to avoid getting affected by sun stroke. On one side, the scorching heat has gradually started affecting the normal life, the scheduled long power cuts and subsequent erratic water supply in various parts of the city including the slums in this, considered to be comparatively developed as compared to other areas of AJK, were adding to the woes of the people on the other side thereby creating resentment among the local population.
“The city and rest of the district are being subjected to scheduled curtailments of six to eight hours and scheduled cuts of few more hours while as the metered areas are facing frequent cuts of short durations particularly in the afternoon and evening hours, when the requirement of electricity is being felt more”, according to a survey carried out by this scribe. The intensity of prevailing power scenario can be gauged from the fact that even the essential services are not getting un-interrupted power supply.
Similarly, various areas of the Mirpur city including Sector F/1, all sub sectors of mega sector D/4, F/2 and F/3 are getting erratic or inadequate water supply despite the fact that the demand of same increases with the rise in temperature. Even tanker service in water scarcity hit areas is inadequate thereby creating resentment among the people against the concerned water supply Department.
