By: Aabid Hameed
Srinagar: Around one dozen villages are set to heave a sigh of relief as the much-awaited power receiving station at Ara Khushipora in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district has been completed after the passage of four years.
The power receiving station is expected to be made functional in this week.
An official working on the project said that the project was part of Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP) and approved under Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) for rural electrification few years back.
He said that around Rs 20 crore was the total cost of the project, which includes two receiving station and distribution work of around 45 habitations and cost of receiving station at Ara Khushipora is around Rs 3.5 crore.
The officials said that the supply of the receiving station is coming from Hiller Shahabad, which is around 7.5 km from the area, adding that the department is going for testing process in coming days following which it will be made functional and it is expected that it will benefit around one dozen villages of the area.
Pertinently, similar receiving station under same protect was constructed in Darigund Srigufwara at a cost of around Rs 3 crore, which was made functional a month before, after which people of the area heaved a sigh of relief who were complaining of voltage drop and pesky power cuts in the area.
Similarly, people of Ara Khushipora, Dehruna, Hakoora, Badasgam, Palpora, and other adjoining areas are hopeful that after the commission of this station, the problems they are facing at present will come to an end.
Sheikh Nadeem, a local resident said, “We are facing power issues during winters and there was a need of another receiving station. We hope that we will get rid of all th issues once this station will be made functional.”
