Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 3: In a simple but impressive function, Powergrid Corporation of India Ltd, Northern Region-II, Jammu felicitated its employees who had contributed in restoring electricity supplies in Kashmir and Jammu provinces last year after massive floods that had rocked the entire State.
The employees were felicitated by the Executive Director POWERGRID, Northern Region–II, S K Sharma in presence of senior officers of the Corporation and employees. SK Sharma complimented the employees for their outstanding contribution during this natural calamity and advised them to remain ready for any work that may arise in the service of the nation and society.
Mr Sharma reminded that the disruption of electricity in most of the areas of the State at that time was severe and for faster restoration, Ministry of Power had authorized Powergrid as its nodal agency to assist J&K Power Department for restoration of transmission lines and distribution system. Senior officials of Powergrid had rushed to Srinagar and Jammu. Control rooms were opened at Powergrid offices at Gurgaon, Jammu and Wagoora. Powergrid took immediate steps to divert the separable material to J&K from far-flung States like Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Punjab and Haryana etc. Immediate actions were taken to procure distribution transformers from the available stocks of various transformer manufacturers.
Three transmission lines of 132 KV level in Jammu region and one in Srinagar region were restored by deploying Emergency Restoration Systems (ERS) by Powergrid within a very short time. For distribution lines and substations restoration, teams of Powergrid worked hand in hand with PDD. In Srinagar, Powergrid deputed around 200 personnel along with adequate numbers of Oil Filtration Machines, Transformer Oil and other testing and commissioning equipments to closely work with PDD.
This outstanding work of Powergrid was appreciated by one and all and accordingly the management decided to felicitate the employees who had given their invaluable service for the restoration work.
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