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Piyush Goyal reviews Jammu and Kashmir's power sector in Srinagar

| | Jun 15, 2015, at 06:59 pm
Srinagar, June 15 (IBNS):,Union Minister of State for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal took a review meeting of the power sector of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), in the presence of Dy. Chief Minister, J&K, Nirmal Singh, Finance Minister, J&K, Haseeb A. Drabu, Sajjad Gani Lone, Minister for S&T & Animal Husbandry , J&K and MoS (Power), Mohammad Ashraf Mir at Sher-E-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC), at Srinagar on Monday.

The meeting was attended by the Chief Secretary of J&K, and senior officers from Ministry of Power, J&K Govt. and Central PSU

During the meeting , presentation was given by Principal Secretary P.D.D J&K Govt. on power scenario of J&K State and discussion were held on various issues pertaining to transmission, distribution generation & renewable energy-solar.

Goyal assured all help from Central Govt. for expeditious development of conventional and nonconventional energy sources of J&K State. During the meeting Joint Venture agreement between NTPC – JKSPC was assigned for development of thermal power for J&K State and MOU between J&K State and JKPDD- BEE (Govt. of India) was signed to bring out energy efficiency in power transmission & distribution in J&K State.

Earlier on Monday morning, Piyush Goyal also met J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed  in Srinagar. 

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