Jammu: The state government on Monday said it was ‘actively’ pursuing the transfer of power projects including Dul Hasti, Salal and Uri Hydro Electric projects with government of India.
The power projects are an important part of the developmental agenda of the BJP-PDP Coalition, the government said on Monday.
“As mentioned by the Finance Minister in the Power Budget Speech for the year 2015-16, the Government would actively pursue transfer of hydel projects from NHPC and that budget provided funds for meeting the operation and maintenance cost of such power projects to be transferred from NHPC,” said deputy chief minister and power minister Dr Nirmal Singh in response to query by a legislator in the legislative assembly.
“On 16 March 2015 the Deputy Chief Minister and the Finance Minister met the Union Power Minister formally and impressed upon the Union Government the need for transfer of power projects of Dul Hasti and Uri from NHPC to State among other important issues of power sector. Subsequently, this has been raised by Deputy Chief Minister in various Power Minister’s Conferences,” he said, adding, “The State government is actively pursuing the transfer of Power Projects.”
