While employees of the Department refused to come on record individually, its spokesman said yesterday's attack on their headquarters was a "sad incident" though the entire department had relentlessly worked during the entire month of Ramzan to ensure uninterrupted power supply for people of the Kashmir Valley.
"We served people round the clock by providing electricity to every nook and corner of the Valley even during continued turmoil and hartals," the spokesman said.
He said thousands of the department employees risked themselves by attending their duties during hartals "which has been rewarded this way by setting on fire the headquarters."
The spokesman of PDD department said that people should not forget that "our employees never shirked their responsibilities during recent months of turmoil and attended their duties in respective fields and offices for people's convenience."
The Power Development Department ensured that during the current Ramzan month, at Sehri as well as at Iftihar time, no power cut or load shedding took place at any place of the valley.
The Department headquarters here was set on fire by an unruly mob yesterday during protests organised by separatist leaders.
As a result, service records of thousands of employees were destroyed.
He said that power supply record registers, fee payment datas and important power related documents of thousands of people were destroyed.
He said the entire power department machinery was engaged in providing electricity round the clock on Eid day to their respective dwelling units.
The spokesman said that PDD employees are part of the society and have played exemplary role in providing power supply to all, even replacing worn-out transformers and repairing the transmission line both High Tension and Low Tension even during odd hours so that people do not suffer on account of it.