LG flags off Mobile Gensets Fleet for emergency response & disaster relief
17 Jul 2020 20:45:42
LG
Girish Chandra Murmu today flagged off ready to deploy Mobile Genset
Fleet for emergency response and disaster relief in case of natural
disasters and extreme weather events in Kashmir.
The 10 Gensets would be stationed in each district for any eventuality as a disaster preparedness measure. These gensets will prove to be very useful in other extreme weather conditions when grid supply gets snapped.
The 10 Gensets would be stationed in each district for any eventuality as a disaster preparedness measure. These gensets will prove to be very useful in other extreme weather conditions when grid supply gets snapped.
Divisional
Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K. Pole; Secretary to the Government,
Jal Shakti Department, M Raju; IGP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar; Deputy
Commissioner Srinagar; Dr. Shahid Iqbal Choudhary; Chief Engineers, and
senior officers were present on the occasion at TRC Srinagar.
The
Lt Governor directed the Jal Shakti department for immediate
procurement of 10 more Mobile Gensets to strengthen the emergency
response system in case of any eventuality.
He
observed that every possible mechanism shall be explored to improve the
water supply position in Jammu & Kashmir so that uninterrupted
supply of the service is ensured even in case of natural disasters and
extreme weather situations.
As
an immediate measure, the Government of Union Territory of Jammu and
Kashmir apportioned an amount of Rs 2.00 cr under SDRF during 2019-20
for purchase of Mobile Gensets to meet the critical demand during power
outages in emergency situations, besides providing power backup to a
wide range of Lift Water Supply Schemes on a rotational need basis, he
added.
Secretary
to the Government, Jal Shakti Department, M Raju informed the Lt
Governor that the new Mobile Gensets from 50 KVA rating to 62.5 KVA are
self-standing type provided with essential paraphernalia viz; parking
canopies, waterproof camping tents, bedding, Kitchen Sets with LPG
cooking arrangements etc. for the operational staff’s convenience in
order to enable rapid deployment at short notice.
The
DG set carrier vehicles are also provided with GPS trackers to enable
supervision by controlling officers from headquarter in real time.
Further,
the department has created a transformer bank of 20 distribution
transformers of varying capacities as an immediate relief in case of
breakdown & troubleshooting