| Neglect, apathy paralyze Deptt of science & technology | | | Bijay Charak
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 24: It might sound bizarre but true that the department of Science and Technology is being run by just four employees in three districts of Jammu division.
Sources informed Early Times said that the sanctioned strength in each district was one Assistant Engineer (District Officer), one Junior Engineer of Civil and Electrical, Four Foremen for field, Computer Assistant, Senior Assistant/ Storekeeper, two numbers of Technical Assistant, Driver and other Class IV employees but surprising three mountainous districts including Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban is running with a district officer and other three field officer, and all others posts are laying vacant since the establish of office. Pleading anonymity, officials of concerned department said that at one hand government aims to promote and implement projects in remote and un-electrified areas of the state by harnessing New and Renewable Sources of Energy (NRSE) such as solar, wind, biomass and small hydro but others yet the government has not filled the adequate staff of one district. "Solar Power Plants were established by government in various areas of district but they were running in few months, after they defunct, due to shortage of staff and nobody care that projects", they said.
A medico pleading anonymity said that projects were already established in various health institutions by government to meet the requirement of power during curtailment hours, but most of them were not installed completely and few become defunct within a period of six months of its inauguration. In spite of repeated communication to concerned department none of the official had bothered to install or to repair the same. Chief Executive Officer didn't respond to repeated phone calls made for his comment. |
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