 Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 13: Member Parliament and PDP President, Mehbooba Mufti Friday directed officials of Power Development Department (PDD) to provide hassle-free electricity to the people during winter season.
Chairing the District Electricity Committee (DEC) meeting to review the progress of Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) in south Kashmir districts of Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama and Shopian, Mehbooba said with the advent of winter, PDD officials should beef up their technical staff and men and machinery to reach out to the people with better services. She also called for judicious use of electricity by the consumers.
Mehbooba said to augment and improve the power supply new Receiving Stations would be constructed at Chandgam in district Pulwama, at Trenz in district Shopian and at Dyalgam in district Anantnag. She said a transformer bank would be also setup at each district headquarter to immediately replace the damaged transformers.
The meeting was informed that total cost of DDUGJY for J&K is Rs 1249.68 crore which includes Rs 86.53 crore for electrification of 83 un-electrified Villages, Rs 69.21 crore for feeder separation, Rs 638.47 crore for connecting unconnected households, Rs 96.36 crore for metering, Rs 352.12 crore for system strengthening and Rs 7.01 crore for Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY).
Chief Engineer, PDD, Kashmir, Bashir Ahmad Khan, informed the meeting that under DDUGJY, installation of new distribution transformers and augmentation of existing distribution transformers will also be dealt with. He said there would be relocation of distribution transformers and associated LT lines for regrouping of consumers (agriculture and non-agriculture).
“Renovation and modernization of existing sub-stations and lines would also be taken up. Laying of under-ground cables in densely populated areas and areas of tourism and religious importance is also included in the scheme,” Khan said. “There would be a High voltage distribution system (HVDS) Aerial Bunched Cable for theft prone areas,” he added.
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