Jammu Tawi: Jammu and Kashmir has completed 8,046 rooftop solar installations with a total capacity of 30.07 MW under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana. Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo fixed monthly targets of 2,000 installations for JPDCL and 1,000 for KPDCL to speed up the implementation of the scheme.
The directive came during a high-level review meeting chaired by the Chief Secretary to assess the current status of the flagship programme across the Union Territory. Dulloo expressed concern over the slow pace of installations and instructed both DISCOMs to commission installed units without delay so that beneficiaries can start receiving free electricity as promised under the scheme.
Dulloo also directed the Power Development Department to ramp up public awareness through aggressive Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaigns and to mobilise registered applicants to ensure timely adoption of the programme.
Principal Secretary PDD, Rajesh Prasad, informed the meeting that 64,080 applications had been received on the official portal so far, with 582 empanelled vendors working across districts. He said that the government had credited Rs 50.78 crore as central subsidy and Rs 2 crore as UT subsidy to consumers. Loan disbursals by banks have totalled Rs 103.43 crore, including Rs 56.90 crore for JPDCL and Rs 46.53 crore for KPDCL consumers.
