Commissioner Secretary PDD Hirdesh Kumar held a meeting of senior engineers of the department in Jammu to review summer preparedness for providing quality power supply to consumers.
This meeting was convened as a follow up of the meetingchaired by the Governor on April 30 at Raj Bhawan Jammu, to review the progressof implementation of decision taken and directions issued in the meeting.
During the meeting, the Commissioner/Secretary reiteratedthat during this summer there shall be 24×7 power supply to urban areas ofJammu City, Udhampur, Reasi and Ramban Town while daily power cut shall notexceed one hour in urban areas of districts Samba, Kathua, Rajouri, Poonch,Doda and Kishtwar.
Kumar emphasised that in rural/unmetered areas of Jammu, thedaily curtailment shall be reduced from 08 hours to 07 hours in a day and shallbe minimised specifically from 6 pm to 11 pm when the power is required most byhouseholds.
He further directed that overload protection device shall beinstalled on all the distribution transformers by the end of September 2019,without fail, to check overloading of transformers so that their damage ratecan be reduced.
He was briefed about the progress in procurement of bufferstock of transformers at divisional level and installation of firefightingequipment to avert any eventuality due to fire.
Kumar also directed to check the power theft by high-endconsumers like furnaces and steel mills.
Kumar took a serious note of poor revenue realization duringApril, 2019 and warned strict action against the delinquent officers/officials.He also made it clear to the senior functionaries of the department that therevenue realization shall be monitored on monthly basis now onwards.
Chief Engineer EM&RE, Jammu apprised the meeting thatthe provincial level 24X7 Control Room with toll free number 18001807666 and0191-2490986 are in place for addressing complaints of public during summer.Similar control rooms have also been established at district level and theirhelpline numbers are widely publicized.