Srinagar: Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta Thursday called for ensuring the scheduled eight-hour cut in power supply in non-metered areas and taking measures for uninterrupted power supply to all smart-metered habitations where the Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) by losses were as per norms.
An official spokesman in a statement issued here said that reviewing winter preparedness, the chief secretary said, “The scheduled 8-hour cut in non-metered areas should be ensured besides taking measures for uninterrupted power supply to all the smart metered habitations where AT&C losses are as per norms.”
He directed the divisional administration for the replacement of damaged transformers within a period of 8 hours in urban areas and 24 hours in rural areas.
Mehta asked for increasing the vigil through enforcement teams to curb illegal usage of electricity.
He asked for running an IEC campaign on local and social media to make people aware of the benefits of timely deposition of their electricity bills.
The chief secretary said that people should be made aware that borrowing Rs 31,000 crore to pay for purchasing electricity was taking a toll on other people-centric measures.
He said that the people of J&K were intelligent enough to understand and cooperate with the administration in its efforts.
Mehta also enjoined the concerned district administrations to take all the measures to ensure vibrant winters here.
He urged the divisional administration to ensure quality power supply, ration, and timely snow clearance during the winters.
The chief secretary asked them that the roads to all the tourist places should be cleared of snow promptly so that these remain open to the public all the time.
He advised them to provide these places the power supply and other amenities without any undue disruptions in the winter months.
Mehta also urged the divisional and district administrations to carry out a month-long cleanliness drive in all the government offices and schools of J&K.
