KMSC, Benwalipur farmers protest each other over power supply

Tension prevailed when residents of Benwalipur village and workers of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee came face to face over granting of power supply from the 66 kVA sub-station at Rasulpur here on Monday. They also staged dharnas in front of the Circle Office of Powercom here on Monday.

A heavy police force was deployed by the administration to prevent any untoward incident.

The workers of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, mostly farmers, were demanding not to supply power to the farmers of Benwalipur. On the other hand, residents of Benwalipur were adamant on getting power supply from the Rasulpur sub-station.

Satnam Singh Manochahal, district president of KMSC, said as the sub-station is already overloaded, it must create disruption in power supply with the additional supply load.

On the contrary, the farmers of Benwalipur village, led by the sarpanch, were demanding to provide power supply from the Rasulpur sub-station as it was nearer to them.

Both the sides shouted against each other on many occasion. Leaders of the KMSC in their respective addresses alleged that Cabinet Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar was supporting the demand of the Benwalipur residents.

Deputy Chief Engineer Mohtam Singh, while assuring both the sides, said before taking any step on the issue, interests of all the concerned must be considered to avoid trouble to anyone.