Power demand up to 704 Mv restored in J&K
18/09/2014 15:15
The Central government has taken a slew of measures to restore the heavily damaged power transmission lines & distribution system in flood hit areas of Jammu & Kashmir, according to statement released by Ministry of Power.
In the Jammu region out of damaged seventeen 33/11KV Sub Stations , fourteen have been restored which are feeding important area like Beli Gulaba, Malhouri, Mandi , MES and Rajouri . Efforts are on to restore the remaining 3 lines soon, the Ministry said in a statement.
In the valley, power demand up to 704 MV has been restored which is almost 88 percent of the normal load.
In order to augment the efforts for faster restoration of power, states like Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka, and many private agencies responded to the call by the Secretary (Power) and offered their help in the form power distribution materials.
Disruption of electricity was severe in most of the areas of J&K, which witnessed disastrous floods in its history of last six decades.
The Minister also gave directions to dispatch 10,000 solar lamps with chargers immediately for distribution in flood affected areas.
Coal India Limited was also asked to dispatch heavy duty dewatering pumps to the affected areas.
18/09/2014 15:15
The Central government has taken a slew of measures to restore the heavily damaged power transmission lines & distribution system in flood hit areas of Jammu & Kashmir, according to statement released by Ministry of Power.
In the Jammu region out of damaged seventeen 33/11KV Sub Stations , fourteen have been restored which are feeding important area like Beli Gulaba, Malhouri, Mandi , MES and Rajouri . Efforts are on to restore the remaining 3 lines soon, the Ministry said in a statement.
In the valley, power demand up to 704 MV has been restored which is almost 88 percent of the normal load.
In order to augment the efforts for faster restoration of power, states like Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka, and many private agencies responded to the call by the Secretary (Power) and offered their help in the form power distribution materials.
Disruption of electricity was severe in most of the areas of J&K, which witnessed disastrous floods in its history of last six decades.
The Minister also gave directions to dispatch 10,000 solar lamps with chargers immediately for distribution in flood affected areas.
Coal India Limited was also asked to dispatch heavy duty dewatering pumps to the affected areas.
