Jalandhar, May 20: In a bid to ensure safety and security ofpeople living in localities where high-tension electric wires are hangingaround their houses, the state government has approved a grant of Rs. 61 lakhto shift and replace these live cables in various residential colonies of thecity.
Divulging the details, Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thorisaid that the funds would be incurred to shift and replace these wires with thenew safe and secured cable lines. He added that the Finance Minister ManpreetSingh Badal has approved a grant of Rs. 6100391 from his small-savingsdiscretionary funds 2021-22.
Pointing out further, the DC said that a total of Rs.23,93,000 would be spent on changing high-tension wires in Shaheed Babu LabhSingh Nagar, Ward No. 72 including laying of new cable lines in the locality.He mentioned that people had been demanding to remove these wires which werehanging close to the houses thus posing a great risk to their safety andsecurity.
Similarly, in Ward No. 36, Bhargo Camp locality ACRC wiresto be replaced with new cables at an outlay of Rs. 211000 followed by anotherproject worth Rs. 2755000 to shift 11 K.V. lines of Basti Danishmanda and BastiGujan, which goes through Joshan Avenue, he added. Mr. Thori stated that anamount of Rs. 7,41,000 to be spent on removing 11 K.V. wires hanging overhouses in village Rasulpur besides laying of three XLPE core cables.
The DC said that this grant would fulfill the demands ofpeople living in these localities while infusing a sense of security among themafter shifting of these dangerous hot wires. He directed the officials of PowerCorporation to immediately start these projects so that shifting of wires fromhouses could be completed within the stipulated time-frame.