Villages, ITBP posts on Indo-China border to be electrified
Villages, ITBP posts on Indo-China border to be electrified
B.D. Kasniyal
Pithoragarh, Feb 5
More than two dozen vibrant villages, situated in Vyans, Darma and Johar valleys on the Indo-China border, will be given electricity from the main line of Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) as the central government has approved a sum of Rs 131.44 crore under revamp distribution sector scheme of power ministry of union government for the purpose, informed Deen Dayal Singh Pangti, executive engineer of the second working division of UPCL
Besides the border villages in Johar, Vyans and Darma valley villages, the project will also give benefit to border posts of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), that are being lit by solar panels till date.
The ITBP border posts at Bugdiyar, Rilkot, Milan, Dung, Gunji, Kuti, Garbiyang, Nabhidhang, Kalapani, Jolingkong, Tidand, Bidang and Dave will get electricity from main feeder line.
“We will construct a 33 KV new sub-station with new line, at Gunji in Vyans valley while existing lines will be used in Darma and Johar valleys to provide electricity from main lines,”said the officer.
The work could be started only from March first week after the snow melts in that area, as the villages are snow clad these days. “After these remote villages and ITBP border posts are linked with main electricity line situated in lower valleys, the border region at Indo-China border will lit permanently with hydro power,” said the officer.
