{"id":1516,"date":"2023-11-28T16:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiaspeaks.com\/?p=1516"},"modified":"2023-11-28T16:00:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T16:00:10","slug":"power-woes-people-suffer-as-jkpdd-clings-to-its-40-year-old-outdated-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiaspeaks.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/28\/power-woes-people-suffer-as-jkpdd-clings-to-its-40-year-old-outdated-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Woes| People suffer as JKPDD clings to its 40-year old \u2018outdated infrastructure\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Srinagar, Nov 28 :\u00a0<\/strong>With the increasing demand of electricity in Jammu and Kashmir, officials have said that the Power Development Department (PDD) was continuing its \u2018old and obsolete infrastructure\u2019 that is posing a major hindrance in providing uninterrupted power supply to the citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The official documents available with the news agency\u2014(KNO) reads that the UT was dependent on hydel energy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe power demand in J&K is primarily met through hydel power, which, however, varies with seasonal variations, thereby causing power deficit mainly during winters when power demand surges high,\u201d it reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the continuance of old and obsolete infrastructure, the document reveals, \u201cThe replacement of existing old and out-dated elements of distribution network has never been given due consideration and many of which are therefore continuing in the system from more than 40 years after repeated repairs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was posing a major hindrance in providing uninterrupted power supply mainly due to frequent snapping of conductors and damage to the transformers,\u201d it reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The official document further states that the frequent snapping of conductors was posing a serious threat to men and material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With these issues, the experts according to the document have suggested that the present transmission system needs strengthening by creation of new transmission lines and grid stations which would require huge investment, not only to meet the growing power demand but also to evacuate power from the upcoming generation projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the outdated infrastructure of PDD in Jammu and Kashmir, Principal Secretary PDD, H. Rahesh Prasad told KNO said that \u2018there is no doubt that the infrastructure is outdated.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He however said that, \u201cIn past 3-4 years, we have invested a huge amount of more than Rs 5000 crores to upgrade it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have upgraded the transmission capacity, grid stations and receiving stations,\u201d Prasad said.  He said that currently under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), the department was investing another Rs 5000 crores to address the problem like outdated electricity cables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are upgrading the electricity wires to insulated cables and we are upgrading our transformers too,\u201d the principal secretary said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prasad further said, \u201cI won\u2019t say that it will be sufficient to overcome the gaps. There will still remain some gaps but I want to inform all those concerned that it is a time consuming process and will get settled gradually.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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