The people in Jammu and Kashmir should learn to live in chaos as whatever changes which government promises are only on papers and newspapers as reality is the same as it was three-four decades back. Take the case of power cuts, the scenario is simply identical as it was a decade or two back. The government at that point of time used to say that if meters will be installed and people will pay bills regularly there will be uninterrupted power supply, then it was 24-hour power supply for metered areas and then came insulated cables to get rid of Kundi connections for ensuring round the clock power. Side by side the Power Development Department upgraded meters from analogue to latest smart meters but the ground reality is the same as it was in the 1990s, 80s and before because no one knows when there will be a power cut in any of the areas in the UT and for how long. Earlier during the festivals, the governments used to ensure that there is no power cut but with the incumbent Administration in place, this guarantee has also been declared null and void and no one can predict when and why there will be the power cut and how long it will take to restore normalcy. Baisakhi Day, which has great significance in the life of people in Jammu, was just like another day in the temple city as there was a prolonged power cut which the people had to confront without any prior notice or circular. A light gale in the evening put things of the PDD or JKPDC into haywire and there was prolonged power cut in Gandhi Nagar and many other places with areas in large hectares of land plunging into complete darkness. The promises made by the helmsmen running the affairs of power department were all gone in vain as the concerned officials at the local power stations were unable to respond to the genuine queries of the people and the hapless people moving out of their houses to have a feel of cool breeze that was there for the entire evening showing the people that it was raining nearby but where, was a real mystery. It is time that the concerned officials should know the ground reality to give proper information to people about when the electricity will be restored and life will limp back to normalcy as keeping people in the dark during power cuts is like rubbing salt on the wounds.