JKEEGA hails reforms in power department

Srinagar, Jan 4: The Jammu and Kashmir Electrical Engineering Graduates Association (JKEEGA) has hailed the recent reforms initiated in the power sector, expressing gratitude for the leadership of Shailendra Kumar, Financial Commissioner (ACS), Power Development Department.

In a statement, JKEEGA President Er. Pirzada Hidayatullah said a major milestone has been achieved with the approval of the long-pending regularisation proposal for engineering cadres. The approved proposal includes the regularisation of three Chief Engineers, thirteen Superintending Engineers, twenty-eight Executive Engineers and thirty-eight Assistant Executive Engineers, addressing years of stagnation within the department.

“This development reflects strong administrative resolve. Human resource stagnation had become a major bottleneck, but under the present leadership, several long-pending issues are being resolved,” the association said.

JKEEGA noted that the achievements have come despite the Power Development Department being held as an additional charge by the ACS. It said focused efforts to fill vacancies and fast-track promotions have strengthened the engineering hierarchy, leading to visible improvements in billing and collection efficiency and a reduction in AT&C losses through close monitoring of works.

Describing the pace of reforms as unprecedented, the association said the power sector is steadily moving towards self-sustainability.

In view of the progress, JKEEGA has urged Manoj Sinha to assign full-fledged charge of the Power Development Department to Shailendra Kumar, expressing hope that continuity in leadership would help achieve loss-free operations and round-the-clock power supply in Jammu and Kashmir.