Div Com assures enhanced power supply

Srinagar, Dec 14: Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri Thursday said that electricity supply in Kashmir has improved since November this year and in the coming times it would augment further.

Talking to a local news gathering agency, Kashmir News Service (KNS), Bidhuri said that the power supply had improved in Kashmir as of now and it would be augmented further in the coming times.

He said that directions had been passed to stick to a schedule issued for metered and non-metered areas.

The Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, said that Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha had already taken up the issue of purchasing more electricity from outside J&K and once the supply was received there would be huge relief to the people.

He appealed to people to use electricity judiciously and avoid hooking or power theft.

Bidhuri said that if anyone praises developmental projects undertaken in the city, the credit goes to people and everyone who cooperated during the time the works were being carried out.
He said that there were many projects in the pipeline which would be rolled out gradually to give a new look to Srinagar city.

“We are mulling to reactivate river transport in the city to provide convenience to the people. Also electric buses that ply on several routes in the district will be put on roads during night hours,” the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, said.

He said that the authorities were monitoring developmental projects undertaken in the city and elsewhere and were keenly working to complete these projects within the period given for their completion.
“The work on Botengo flyover is underway. Further two major flyovers in Srinagar - Bemina and Sanat Nagar - will also be completed by March and June 2024,” Dulloo said.