Islamabad, (Parliament Times): People of Mirpur and Poonch Division protested against the increase in electricity bills and illegal taxes. The participants announced that if the government does not change its approach, they will make the movement more effective. They will continue the protest until the increase in electricity bills, the abolition of illegal taxes, and the provision of electricity to the people of Azad Kashmir at the production rate.
The first successful shutter down of civil society in the history of Mirpur, the wheel jam strike, and peaceful protest showed a mirror to the politicians. A large number of citizens from every sector of Mirpur joined the protest. Children, old and young, people belonging to every school of thought participated in the protest. All the markets of Mirpur, including the vegetable market, were completely closed.
People were holding banners in their hands against inflation and illegal electricity bills, on which slogans such as “We don’t believe in the rules of oppression, give our right to us. Our dam, our electricity, ” were written.
The people of Mirpur division successfully staged a shutter down and wheel jam strike as the bridge was not yet completed. In the protest meeting, it was expressed that they do not trust any political party. The protesting people who participated in the venue said that the people of Mirpur have sacrificed for Pakistan in every difficult time.
The construction of the Mangala Dam is also one of these sacrifices, but it is a pity that the rulers do not understand these sacrifices. The royalty of Mangala Dam is the right of the people of Mirpur but the people of Mirpur are being treated worsened. Mirpur needs only 50 megawatts of electricity, while Mangala Dam produces more than 1100 megawatts of electricity, they said.