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| BJP-PDP Govt's 'pathetic working drained exchequer' | | Power sector was negated to core, central schemes made to vanish | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 21: Sending the previous coalition partners into tizzy, the Governor's administration within a short span of time revolutionised the power sector, something the previous government couldn't do in years.
The Governor's administration during the meeting of State Administrative Council (SAC) on Thursday virtually reprimanded the previous coalition of BJP and PDP for making the very vital Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) a failure in Jammu and Kashmir.
As the transmission and distribution losses mount in the state, with the consumers bearing the brunt of load shedding, the scheme was launched amid much fanfare with the aim to reduce the T&D losses.
For the first phase of the project, the Central government had sanctioned Rs 151.99 crore under R-APDRP while an amount of Rs 1665.27 crore had been approved for the second phase of this vital project.
These schemes were proposed to be taken up under National Electricity Fund for which Rural Electrification Corporation is the nodal agency. Under this scheme 30 towns have been identified as project areas in J&K state with population of above 10,000 as per 2001 census.
For this purpose, the government had already taken a pilot exercise and some 30 towns have been identified as project areas in J&K, another 283 towns with population of over 4000 have also been identified that will be covered in the second phase. Phase -1 of 283 towns is to cost Rs 171.61 crore and phase-2 will cost Rs 1073.33 crore. These projects were proposed to be taken up under Phase-II of R-APDRP through a special dispensation which could not materialize. As the deadline for the completion of the project was set as March 31, 2018, more than a year has passed since then- thanks to the non- serious approach of the previous coalition that the scheme was virtually buried under its own debris.
It was on Thursday when a new life was induced into it with SAC questioning over the failure of the government to implement the scheme on ground that could have saved thousands of crore of state exchequer.
As per the reports, SAC accorded sanction to the award of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Distribution Management System (DMS) under R-APDRP Scheme for Jammu and Srinagar cities to M/S G.E T&D India Limited at a cost of Rs.173 crore
The establishment of SCADA/DMS is a major step towards realizing the vision of 24x7 Power Supply to all consumers in the twin cities. SCADA will enable setting up of reliable and "no manual touch" systems for system control / data collection and adoption of Information Technology in the area of energy accounting. It will reduce Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses and enable real time monitoring & control of Electric Distribution network, handling of loads while load shedding & restoration, plugging of pilferage points, supply of quality power, faster identification of faults & early restoration of power supply, proper metering, strategic placement of capacitor banks & switches and in proper planning and design of distribution network. |
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