Commissioner secretary Power Development Department (PDD), Hirdesh Kumar, on Tuesday said that Jammu and Kashmir is all set to achieve the target of providing ‘Power for All’ with electrification of each and every household across the state soon.
Kumar, while speaking during the ‘Review Planning and Monitoring (RPM)’ meeting chaired by Union Minister of Power, R K Singh here said that cent percent household electrification has already been accomplished in six districts of Srinagar, Budgam, Pulwama, Jammu, Samba and Kathua under the ‘Saubhagya’ Scheme while the remaining 16 districts are at the final juncture of completion.
Kumar said the department has succeeded in laying the necessary infrastructure for connecting all the leftover 102 villages across the state which were located in the remote areas.
The Union Minister congratulated the state for the commendable performance in executing various tasks in the power sector within the short span of time.The meeting was attended by secretary, Union Ministry of Power, Ajay Kumar Bhalla, joint secretary, Union Ministry of Power, Dr A K Verma, principal secretaries / additional chief secretaries of various Power departments of all States/ UTs, CMDs of PGCIL, NTPC, PFC, REC and other concerned.