KULGAM: Deputy Commissioner Kulgam Shahzad Alam on Friday reviewed the progress of smart meter installation across the district and directed concerned departments and executing agencies to expedite pending works and meet prescribed targets.
At a meeting held at the Mini-Secretariat, Kulgam, officials discussed installation progress, feeder-wise achievements, pending work and issues requiring intervention.
The DC directed RECPDCL and Techno Electric, the AMISP, to speed up pending work across 51 feeders and ensure feeder saturation. He also asked the agencies to include the Nillow feeder and complete the pending work within a stipulated timeframe.
An Assistant Executive Engineer representing RECPDCL said feasible works, including those related to the Nillow feeder, would be taken up within the scope and provisions of the project.
The meeting stressed coordination among stakeholders to achieve targets under the Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP) and the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), aimed at strengthening electricity distribution infrastructure and improving power supply in the district.
The meeting was attended by Chief Planning Officer Malik Suhail, executive engineers, assistant executive engineers from various electric distribution sub-divisions and representatives of RECPDCL and Techno Cables Pvt. Ltd.
