After PM Narendra Modi’s Visit, Chardham shrines To Get 24X7 Power

Dehradun: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s high profile pilgrimage to Badrinath and Kedarnath, the Uttarakhand government has decided to provide uninterrupted power supply to all the four highly revered Chardham shrines. Besides the Chardham shrines of Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri, power supply is also being provided to some Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) posts on the border near Mana in Chamoli district.

UPCL is the sole government-run power distributing company (discom) in the state. For Kedarnath, the UPCL will install a 33 KV sub-station at a cost of Rs 10 crore at Sonprayag in Rudraprayag district for strengthening the supply system at Kedarnath. Similarly, a 33 KV sub-station is being set up at Pandukeshwar in Chamoli district near Badrinath for strengthening the power supply system. For Gangotri, the UPCL will take over the 33 KV sub-station of NTPC at Dabrani in Uttarkashi district, which was built for the 660 MW Loharinag Pala hydel project but was later scrapped on environmental grounds by the previous UPA government. For improving power supply to the Yamunotri shrine, efforts are on to strengthen the power supply system at Barkot in Uttarkashi district, Mishra said. (IANS)

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