POONCH: Minister of State for Technical Education, Power, CA&PD, Mr. Vikar Rasool Wani today said that restoration work on damaged 132 KV-HT line in Poonch is going on war footing basis and power supply will be restored by this month.
This was stated by the Minister at a joint meeting of district officers, members of civil society and Sarpanches held at Dak Banglow, Poonch here today.
Mr Vikar said that efforts are on to ensure early restoration of damaged power and other infrastructures at Poonch and Government has released Rs. 517 crores under State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) for the purpose. He said with the efforts of district administration, the Government restored several Power and PHE damaged facilities including 132 KV –HT line, 33 KV-LT Line 33 PHE schemes.
The Minister said that 400 unemployed youths (200 each from Poonch and Surankote Constituency) will be sponsored by the state to Punjab and other States for skill development trainings in various fields under technical education sector. He said that Civil Engineering Faculty Course will be introduced in Poonch Technical College from this year while land for the college has been already been acquired.
Mr Vikar said that steps will be taken to enhance K. oil tankers besides increasing BPL ration quota for Poonch district. .
Earlier Mr. Vikar reviewed pace of restoration of damaged works which occurred to the basic infrastructure by heavy snow fall, hail storm during January this year. He was informed that major damages occurred to Power PWD and PHE sectors.
MLA Poonch, Mr. Ajaz Ahmed Jan, Principal Secretary Power, Mr. A.K. Metha, Chief Engineer M&ER, Jammu, Mrs. Shahnaz Goni, ADDC, ADC ,SP members of civil society, who included R.S Kaka, Mr. Mohamad Zaman, Advocates, Mr. Taj Mir, Mr. Bagh Hussain Rathore, S. Harcharan Singh Pardhan, Moulana Anwar Hussain Shah and Sarpanches were present on the occasion. |
