NAROWAL: The Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) cut off the power connection of the Narowal Railway Station over nonpayment of electricity bill.

Station Master Muhammad Imran told Dawn Gepco had cut off the power supply to the railway station as the Rs700,000 bill was overdue.

He said the railway officers had been informed about the shutdown of electricity at the railway station.

Due to suspension of electricity supply, the passengers are facing severe difficulties during the hot season.

They have to sit in the waiting rooms and passenger cabins of the station without light and fans while waiting for the train.

Due to the suspension of electricity, the facility of clean and cold drinking water is also not available.

Passengers Shaughta Bibi and Alia Azeem said their children faced difficulty in breathing in the hot summer season while there was no water in the washrooms.

Some other passengers said they had reached Narowal from Lahore on the Faiz Ahmed Faiz train on Saturday night and found the station plunged in darkness and it was difficult to get out of the building.

Published in Dawn, June 24th, 2024