Jammu, July 12 -- The other day "Twitter" was abuzz with complaints from several places / localities in Jammu province that the electric voltage at the consumer end was continuously fluctuating & at several places it was 90 volts as against the standard 220 volts.

One of the consumers, Shubham Dogra, was persistently following it up with the senior officers of the Jammu Power Distribution Corporation & after 12 days he received a reply from the power distribution utility which is reproduced below:

"Due to severe heat in the ongoing summer season, the power demand of the UT of J&K has increased & the temperature of the Power Transformers is rising beyond limits. To prevent permanent damage to the power transformers at Receiving / Grid St...