Power minister criticises tardy implementation of schemes in Jammu & Kashmir
Union Minister of State for Power R Ok Singh has criticised the tardy implementation of the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana and Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) in Jammu and Kashmir through the interval 2015-17.
Though R Ok Singh didn’t identify anybody, his criticism appeared to be directed in the direction of his personal celebration colleague, BJP chief Dr Nirmal Singh, the previous J&Ok deputy chief minister who held the ability portfolio first from March 1, 2015 to January 6, 2016, within the cabinet headed by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, after which from April 4, 2016 to April 29, 2018, through the tenure of Mehbooba Mufti as Chief Minister.
The IPDS, with a complete outlay of Rs 32,612 crore, together with budgetary help of Rs 25,354 crore from the Centre, was authorized on November 20, 2014 to strengthen the ability distribution community in city areas. The Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana was launched at first of 2015 to impress each family within the nation with a deal with rural areas.
Speaking at a perform at a conference centre in Jammu on Sunday, R Ok Singh stated that after assuming cost of the Power Ministry, he determined to go to J&Ok, go to the then unified state in October 2017. “While our schemes like Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana and Integrated Power Development Scheme had started in the country by the end of 2014 and beginning of 2015, the work on them had not begun here,” he stated.
“Even now, the work on these schemes has not been complete. It is still pending and it has to be expedited,” the minister stated
R Ok Singh stated those that had been in energy within the erstwhile state of J&Ok want to clarify concerning the utilisation of Central funds, which had been larger than every other state within the nation.
Pointing out that the ability provide system in J&Ok was the worst within the nation, he stated, “I have been infamous for calling spade a spade… Firstly the decisions were not taken here and if taken, these smelt of corruption.”
“You shall ask them (the former J&K governments) whether they had called the bids and whether the allotment was done in a transparent manner,” he stated.
He additionally appreciated Lt Governor Manoj Sinha’s for his “quick decisions” resulting in the signing of assorted MoUs for the execution of the 850 MW Ratle hydroelectric venture and the 930 MW Kirthai-II hydroelectric tasks, amongst different tasks. These MoUs had been signed on Sunday between the Power Development Department, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Ltd., and the J&Ok Power Development Corporation.
