Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 26: Minister of State for Technical Education and Power, Vikar Rasool has said that every un-electrified village of the State would be provided with electricity very soon.
The Minister was addressing the officers during a review meeting of Power Development Department here today.
The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary Power, A.K. Mehta, Chief Engineers, Executive Engineers, AEEs and other officers of the department.
Mr. Vikar directed the officers to complete the first phase of the Rajiv Gandhi Gram Vidyut Karan Yojana (RGGVY) within one month so that the next phase of the same can be taken up to ensure that no village in the State remains un-electrified and is provided with adequate power supply. He said that under RAPDRP scheme the augmentation of the electricity and its allied things would be done which would go a long way in ensuring proper supply of electric power in the major cities and towns of the State.
The Minister said that in order to make an improvement in the transmission and distribution system of power an amount of Rs. 1 crore would be provided to every district for improving the high tension/ low tension line distribution. He said that it would go a long way in ensuring that the distribution of the power is done and losses are also compensated.
While directing the officers to speed up the revenue realization, Mr. Vikar said that the targets fixed for an area should be completed as soon as possible. He said that an effective monitoring system should also be put in place, so that the maximum revenue is collected with regard to the power being consumed and maintained that strict action would also be taken against those which fail in achieving the targets being assigned to them.
Mr. Vikar also asked the officers to put in place an effective mechanism by which the transformer damages can be checked and ensuring that the damaged ones are repaired within the shortest possible time. He also directed for reducing the feeder losses and rotation of the field staff at regular intervals.
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