Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 10: The Jammu and Kashmir Electrical Engineering Graduates Association (JKEEGA) has appealed the Government to allocate sufficient funds and manpower to carry out the repair of the transformers and maintenance/upkeep of the ever increasing assets of the Power distribution network.
The issue was discussed threadbare in a meeting of the Association held today under chairmanship of Sachin Tickoo (general secretary). During the meeting, the Executive Engineers of the Jammu Power Distribution Corporations expressed concern over non-allocation of sufficient funds and manpower to carry out the repair of the transformers and maintenance/upkeep of the ever increasing assets of the power distribution network.
They observed that since the unbundling of the department into various corporations has taken place, the distribution corporations have been deprived of the funds earlier allotted to them under the district plan and a meager amount under the Grant in Aid mechanism from the Civil Secretariat is allotted which is insufficient to meet the demand for carrying out the upkeep and repairs of the assets being managed by JPDCL.
JKEEGA strongly emphasized that in order to carry out the redressal of the grievances raised under the Jan Sunvayi Abhiyan and Back to Village programmes, funds are needed and the redressal can’t be carried out without allocation of the funds under the maintenance heads, also under the district plan as existed prior to unbundling into corporations.
“The matter needs to be taken up on priority as the success of these programmes is possible only if the grievances vis a vis the Power scenario are addressed by field functionaries. The field functionaries have time and again brought to the notice of the Managing Director JPDCL about the lack of adequate funds to carry out the desired maintenance works,” the engineers said.
The members appealed the Lt Governor and Principal Secretary PDD to intervene personally and solve the issue in order to streamline the working of the corporations.
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