Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir's Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh on Tuesday said that power supply has been restored in 80 per cent areas of the Kashmir Valley post snowfall.
"Directions were issued to the concerned department to take up restoration work on war-footing and supply has been restored in 80 per cent areas of the Kashmir Valley," the Deputy Chief Minister told the Legislative Assembly here.
He was responding to the concerns raised in this regard by legislators including Mian Altaf Ahmad, Ali Mohammad Sagar, Muhammad Akbar Lone, Sheikh Ishfaq Jabbar and others in the Legislative Assembly.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that he recently convened a meeting with the heads of all departments to review the power scenario, civic amenities and other services.
He said Commissioner-Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department has been deputed to the Valley to monitor the situation.
