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Advisor Baseer Khan reviews power scenario of Kashmir division

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 4/20/2021 11:51:01 AM

YB News Jammu, Apr 19 Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, today held a detailed meeting to review the power scenario in Kashmir division at Civil Secretariat here. The meeting was attended by Managing Director Kashmir Power Develop ment C orporation Limited, Ch i ef Engineer KPS CL (Kashmir), Chief Engineer Projects, Chief Engineer Transmission and Superintending Engineers of different wings, through virtual mode. Advisor sought details from the officers about the unscheduled power cuts and disturbed power supply i n Ka shmir div is ion and di rected them to take remed ial measures in this regard. He direct ed th em that no unsc heduled p o wer cut should be observed and people should be informed beforehand about any power curtailment. At the time of necessary rotational curtailments and distress curtailment s immedi a te announcements s hould be m ade through socia l media and local masjid informing the consumer s about the facts, he fu rther a sked the conc erne d.He directed th e S uperintending Engineers to share day to day schedule with the consumers besides announcing new schedule for summers. He also asked them to se ek regula r feedbac k from p ublic and make redressal of genuine grievances a regular feature. Advisor directed the PDD officers to issue daily bulletin explaining the reasons of outages at all places and the actions taken by the Department and the same should be shar ed wit h social media and Information Department. He also asked to share inventory, resources, the details of outages with the higher ups from each area every day and the action that needs to be taken to address the outages be also shared regularly. Advisor said that the Lieutenant Governor has vehemently instructed to provide uninterrupted power supply to the consumers during the month of Ramzan particularly “Sehri & Iftiyari” which need to be maintained in letter and spirit. Advisor directed to ensure that requisite staff is placed to man the installations round the clock and issue roster in this regard. Advisor said that Control Rooms should be established and made functional 24x7 to get the reports of outages and issues f rom all the feede rs which n eed to be addressed in a time bound manner. He pointed out that people acknowledge the difficulties of the department provided details are shared with the consumers openly and transparently. Emphasis ing the n eed fo r i nt ensifying enf orcement drives and inspections, Advisor directed that Superintendent Engineers and Executive Engineers to conduct surpri se v isi ts and in spection s to ensure that the deployed staff is wo rking up to th e mark and no excuse should be entertained for any kind o f laxity from any quarter. He directed the Enforcement Wing to conduct regular inspections and confiscate the gadg ets that a re b ein g used for the power theft and take strict action against the wrongdoers. He said that photographs of inspectio ns and confiscations through enforcement should be shared on social media and all such details sho uld be passed on to the higher authorities for their information and intervention.