Web Exclusive | January 2018
Village electrification works under DDUGJY yet to start in J&K
The Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) despite the Centre’s go ahead of Rs 616.59 crore for Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in 2015 under the scheme for 10 districts of Jammu region, nine districts of Kashmir and two districts of Ladakh region. However, cancellation of tendering process last year and pending litigation in the High Court is impeding the project’s beginning, according to Power Development Department (PDD). Project reports have been prepared for 21 districts of the state and Messrs REC PDCL has been engaged as Project Management Agency (PMA) for DDUGJY of Kashmir province covering 11 districts and Messrs WAPCOS has been engaged as PMA for Jammu province covering 10 districts, according to PDD. Initially, he said the tenders for all the 21 districts were floated by the department twice but due to poor response, eight districts were allotted to Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) for execution.