Srinagar, March 1 -- The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Provincial President Nasir Aslam Wani Sogami on Friday expressed concern over the power crisis in J&K saying that the massive and recurrent power cuts across Kashmir are tormenting people.

"One of the worst power crises in Kashmir has left the residents upset with power outages of 8-10 hours per day across Kashmir," said Nasir in a statement released from the party headquarters Nawa-e-Subha, Srinagar adding, "The situation runs contrary to the claims made by the incumbent administration about availability of 24x7 power supply in metered areas. The government takes crores of rupees in terms of tariff from the consumers but when it comes to providing round-the-clock power supply,...