As part of 75 years of Indian Independence, District Administration Kathua today organised Mega Event on ‘Ujjwal Bharat Ujjwal Bhavishya Power@2047’ under the aegis of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, here at Community Facility Centre, Ghatti .
Vice Chairman District Development Council, Raghunandan Singh presided over the function. Superintendent Engineer O&M (JPDCL) Kathua, Manager (HR) NHPC Sewa II Power station, Ex President Municipal Committee Lakhanpur, students and teachers of different schools were also present on the occasion.
While speaking on the occasion, the Vice Chairman appreciated NHPC and JPDCL for their coordinated efforts to provide uninterrupted power supply to the people of the district. He appealed to people to make judicious use of electricity and pay their bills on time.
He said the power scenario of Jammu and Kashmir underwent dramatic change wherein universalization of power availability has been ensured.During the programme, documentaries based on universal household electrification, village electrification, strengthening of distribution system, testimonials of beneficiaries availing electrification schemes, film on capacity addition, ‘One Nation One Grid’ and Renewable Energy were screened.
Nukkad Natak and Cultural items spreading awareness on the theme of saving electricity, online bill payment, grievance redressal system were also presented during the function.