Pampore : Barely remaining functional for six months, from past five years solar system installed in Sub District Hospital Pampore, in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, is defunct. Officials say they did ‘write letters’ to higher ups.
The 15 KW solar system was installed in SDH in 2012, ‘but due to lack of technical support and sufficient funds its became useless’.
Block Medical Officer Dr Bilqees Shah said that the solar power plant remained functional for ‘just six months and that too not regularly, after it was installed in November 2012.’
“For the restoration of solar system, have written several times to district officer, Jammu and Kashmir Energy Development Agency (JKEDA), but no concrete step was taken,” she said.
With five years gone the power plant has become a nuisance for public and officials as well.
“Had there been any benefit of plant one would have accepted any inconvenience but it has only been there to brag about it. It produces nothing but occupied space only,” an official said wishing anonymity.
Dr Bilqees too believes that the solar plant needs to be shifted as it has ‘occupied prime space in the hospital’.
“I also requested JKEDA to shift the solar system to the rooftop of newly constructed IPD block of the hospital so that it will become functional and will also free the occupied land which will mitigate the probems of patients,” Dr Bilqees said.
