J&K government seeks to harness 20,000 MW power potential of state.

The Jammu and Kashmir government recently said it would explore all possibilities to harness the 20,000 Mega Watts power potential of the state with the help of private players.

'The Government will explore all possibilities of harnessing 20,000 MW power potential of the state with the help of private players. Special impetus will be given to harness the rich micro hydel potential available for which new survey will be carried out soon,' Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh said.

Singh, who holds the charge of Power, Housing and Urban Development Departments, said the government was committed to ensure greater improvement in power generation, its transmission and distribution.

He said the PDP-BJP coalition government would like to see the state becoming self-reliant in power generation and increasing energy generation capacity to such an extent that it is able to sell it to rest of the country.

Referring to the return of NHPC power projects to the state, he said the issue has already been taken up with the Centre and the state government would actively pursue the case.


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