Dangling wires a trouble for walled city residents

Amritsar, December 12

Dangling wires in localities near the Golden Temple pose a great challenge to residents as they live under the constant threat of hanging electric wires. The residents demand that the problem should be solved at the earliest. The residents living near Katra Ahluwalia and Jalebi Wala Chowk complain that at some places the overhead transmission lines are so loose that people can easily touch them.

“These are like cobweb of spiders. A short-circuit in these tangled wires can easily cause a massive fire in the area, and due to narrow streets even the fire tenders would not be able to reach on time,” said Joginder Singh, a resident. He added that the electricity transmission system in the area especially in the walled city— with narrow streets and dense population— needs improvement.

Another resident, Kewal Singh, stated that not even a single locality in the entire walled city has a fire hydrant. “The biggest problem in the area is that the streets are narrow. Here, the electricity wires cover entire street area and run parallel to the windows of the houses,” he added. He stated that the residents do not open the windows of the first floor of their houses because of hanging electricity wires.

A resident said a large number of tourists from different parts of the country as well as other countries visit the streets in the vicinity of the Golden Temple to see the old architectural styles and buildings and the tangled wires acted as an eyesore and reflected a bad picture of the city.