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Category: ENVIRONMENT

Published: 03 November 2018

• Chief Secretary takes stock of situation, calls for urgent measures to restore power supply, road connectivity
• Advisor Ganai monitoring restoration works
• DC Srinagar directs all departments for prompt action to ensure uninterrupted services
• Control Rooms established in Anantnag
• Control Room Set Up in Shopian 

SRINAGAR: Chief Engineer PDD Kashmir, Hashmat Qazi, Saturday evening said that heavy snowfall in the Valley has resulted in trees with thick foliage coming down heavily on electrical lines damaging most of the 33KV lines. He said intermittent rainfall and now heavy snowfall led to frequent faults in the electrical system affecting supply in most parts of the uptown and civil line areas of Srinagar.

Qazi said two main trunk lines including Centaur and TRC coming from Cheshmashahi have come down after huge trees fell on them, adding that Karan Nagar and BB Shah lines are also under trees at various places but that restoration process is well underway.

He said a full-fledged restoration work has been underway but continuous snowfall has made it very difficult to maintain the lines resulting in decreased power supply to just 80 MWs as against the normal 1150 MWs supplied this morning. The Chief Engineer said the department is doing all that is possible to restore all lines as soon as possible having pressed into service all its men and machinery.

• Snowfall Aftermath: Chief Secretary takes stock of situation
• Calls for urgent measures to restore power supply, road connectivity

JAMMU: In view of the incessant downpour and heavy snowfall in Kashmir, Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam this evening took stock of the situation and called for urgent measures to for restoration of road connectivity and electricity supply in the affected areas. The Chief Secretary has asked the Divisional Administrations of Kashmir and Jammu divisions and the concerned district administrations to immediately establish Joint Control Rooms at the divisional and the district levels across the Kashmir division and the winter zone of Jammu division to deal with the situation arising due to the snowfall.

Chief Secretary directed the administration to put in added efforts in mitigating the difficulties of the people and meeting their requirements in view of the inclement weather conditions. “Our effort at two key fronts, restoration of power supply and road connectivity, have to be meted with full strength and with a sense of urgency,” he said and added that the Administration’s efficiency will be tested in ensuring the power supply and clearing of snow from the roads especially in view of the fact that thousands of students are presently appearing for Board examinations.

The Chief Secretary directed continuous and overnight snow clearance of highways; inter-district roads and connecting arteries without any break. He also called for deployment of enough dewatering pumps to ensure speedy dewatering of the inundated areas. He said the PHE Department should ensure that there is no disruption of drinking water supply.

The Chief Secretary also called for taking measures for effective regulation of traffic to ensure that people are not put to any inconvenience. He took an appraisal about the status of snow clearance and passenger movement on the National Highway as hundreds of Durbar Move employees are stranded in Kashmir due to disruption of road and air traffic. 

• Advisor Ganai monitoring restoration works

SRINAGAR: Advisor to the Governor, Mr. Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, has directed the Divisional Administration to restore road communication and power supply immediately without further loss of time. Ganai also directed the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Mr. Baseer Ahmed Khan, to take strong action against any official found absent from the headquarters or not performing his duties. He further directed the Deputy Commissioners and Director School Education Kashmir to make proper arrangements for smooth conduct of ongoing Board examinations and transport arrangements for the examinees. The Advisor said that he will monitor the situation on a continuous basis and also inform the Governor of the progress.

• Snowfall in Srinagar: DC directs all departments for prompt action to ensure uninterrupted services

SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Saturday issued instructions to all concerned departments with regard to the preparedness about snow-clearance and dewatering in the district. The departments were asked to ensure meeting any eventuality arising out of the prevalent weather situation in the district being directed to keep adequate men and machinery on standby. He instructed to ensure timely clearance of snow from all main roads, lanes and by-lanes, especially roads leading to important installations like hospitals and receiving stations.

The DC also directed all the departments to establish control rooms for the convenience of general public. The PDD was asked to ensure all power-related repairs are undertaken as soon as possible. He directed for close coordination between all the departments all during the current weather situation prevails. It was said that Assistant Commissioner Revenue Srinagar Peerzada Zahoor (Mobile No. 7006690719/ 9419123429), Sub Divisional Magistrate (East) Srinagar Riyaz Ahmad Beigh (9419026036) and Sub Divisional Magistrate (West) Hameeda Akhter (9682666597/ 9018668253) will function as nodal officers to monitor the situation within their areas of jurisdiction.

The general public have been asked to contact the following numbers in case of any eventualities: DC Office Srinagar  0194-2483229/0194-2477033/0194-2472580/9419042342/ 7051112345, R&B Department  0194-2311364/9419012257, Fire & Emergency Services  0194-2479488/101/9419251908, Police Control Room 100, Mechanical Engineering Department  0194-2497458/9419747240, PDD  0194-2452001/9419019634, UEED  0194-2500444/9419176458, SMC 0194-2474499/9419065735, CAPD 0194-2455019, PHE  0194-2452047/7889587011, Health 0194-2452498/9906540795 and Drainage 9419004480.

• Control Rooms established in Anantnag

ANANTNAG: In view of the consistent rains and snowfall in District Anantnag, a control rooms has been setup for the general public and incase of any eventuality and supply of power and water. People can contact on the telephone numbers:- Control Room in Deputy Commissioner Office, 9419021597,   7006188674, 9419047052 and 9419367252.

• Control Room Set Up in Shopian

SHOPIAN: The District Administration has set up a helpline in view of snowfall in Shopian on Saturday. The general public have been asked to contact the following numbers in case of any eventualities: 9419128895, 9596007111 and 9596028060. Meanwhile, District Administration Shopian has rescued around 60 stranded people at Peer KI Gali and brought back to Shopian.

Around 60 people, mostly truck drivers, who were stranded at Peer ki Gali and had denied to come back to Shopian were motivated and brought back at around 3 AM by a team of officials headed by Dy SP Traffic and AEE Mughal Road.