Jammu, June 2: Advisor to Governor, Kewal Kumar Sharma Sunday visited Gladni Power House and Barn Grid Station to inspect the power supply scenario at these installations.
According to an official spokesperson, the advisor inquiredabout the capacity and feeding area of each installation and called for propermaintenance of the machinery.
The advisor was briefed in detail about the power network oftransmission line of the respective grid stations.
He asked the concerned functionaries to access area wise requirements.He further asked them for periodically updating their presentation with currentstatus and scenario-wise work done besides requirements of the grid stations.
The advisor enjoined upon the CEs and Exens to ensuretendering of pending transformers. He further inquired about the procurement ofmaterials of various projects. He also interacted with the staff at Barn GridStation.
Meanwhile, the Advisor also visited PHE Pumping station atBoria Complex.
Chief Engineer, EM&RE Wing, Jammu, Sudhir Gupta, ChiefEngineer, System and Operation Jammu, Gurmeet Singh, Chief Engineer PHE VinodGupta and a team of engineers from concerned department accompanied theAdvisor.
Later, the Advisor convened a meeting to evaluate thechallenges faced by PDD especially during the peak summer season in Jammuregion.
Commissioner Secretary, PDD, Hirdesh Kumar, Chief Engineers,Exens and other concerned officers attended the meeting.
During the meeting, CE PDD Sudhir Gupta presented thesummary of issues faced by the department.
On the occasion, the Advisor directed the PDD functionariesfor keeping spare inventory for critical equipment to ensure uninterruptedpower supply.
He said that the transmission and distribution are importantfor running the system effectively and called for quality analysis oftransmission and distribution plan.
A nodal officer was appointed for tracking the status ofprojects and representing the requirements of the department.