Safety to be focus of PDD operations this year, Rs 5 cr earmarked: Kansal
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 23: With an aim to arrest the accidental deaths and injuries to the field staff of Power Development Department and taking care of its field employees, the department has directed its field offices to immediately focus on relevant safety measures and to ensure that there is no loss of human life.
As part of this effort, the department has directed both the Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Corporations to ensure that isolators and earthing rods are provided on every 11 KV feeder in the UT. This shall ensure that the field workers shall remain safe even if there is accidental touching of live lines or equipment and due to accidental charging of lines or equipment during shut down activity.