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| PDD claims fall flat amid scorching heat | | System collapses in urban areas, situation worsens in rural belts | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 10: The Jammu region is facing unprecedented power crisis as the system of the Power Development Department (PDD) has collapsed in the whole province.
Tall claims of the higher-ups in the PDD and newly constituted J&K Power Development Corporation Limited (JKPDCL) have fallen flat just within within four days.
For the last six months, higher-ups in the department were claiming that uninterrupted power supply will be provided to people during this summer as adequate arrangements have been put in place. But the prevailing situation contradicts all such claims.
On March 6 this year, Principal Secretary, Power Development Department, Rohit Kansal had chaired a high-level meeting to review summer preparedness to ensure reliable and uninterrupted power supply during the summer months. In the meeting in-depth deliberations on various short term and medium-term measures initiated by the corporations for smooth and uninterrupted power supply during the summer months were held. The meeting had also discussed several ongoing projects delayed on account of legal, arbitration, and other issues.
Similarly, another meeting was held on June 5, to review the progress on the ongoing Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) of Power Department in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Principal Secretary was informed that for distribution projects being executed circle-wise and district-wise under CSS Rs. 1576.96 crore have been sanctioned for rural system strengthening projects while Rs. 1538.98 crore have been sanctioned for projects in urban areas. These include projects under Flagship CSS such as DDUGJY and IPDS and also special support to J&K under the Prime Minister’s Development Programme (PMDP). These projects include the creation of substations, augmentation of existing stations as well as strengthening of other infrastructure, new HT lines, AB cabling, and other improvements. |
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