Jammu will soon become a role model for other states: Union Min Jitendra Singh

Union Minister of State (MoS) Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that the Central government is working towards making electricity free in Jammu and Kashmir in the next 4-5 years by installing solar plants.

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New Delhi: Union Minister of State (MoS) Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that the Central government is working towards installing solar plants to resolve the issue of power shortage in Jammu and Kashmir, reported ANI.

The BJP leader, who is in the UT to review the security and other preparedness for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to J&K this month, added that Jammu and its power mechanism will become a role model for other states amid the chaos regarding the inflation.

About how the NDA government is planning to make this happen, Singh added, “We'll display new innovation and tech in rural development in this region, promoting agricultural startups. Work of installing solar plants worth around Rs 2.45 cr will finish in 1-2 days and by April 17-18, 340 households will receive electricity via solar power.”

The leader made the statements from the  Palli panchayat in Samba to review preparations ahead of PM Modi’s visit on April 24.

The prime minister is set to address all the panchayats of Jammu and Kashmir from Pali.

About Modi’s visit, the  Prime Minister will visit Jammu and Kashmir on April 24, which is going to be his first since the erstwhile state was stripped of its special status in August 2019 and bifurcated into two Union Territories.

This apart, news agency ANI, in a now-deleted tweet, quoted Union Minister Jitendra Singh as saying that the electricity will be made free in Jammu and Kashmir in the next 4-5 years.

However, the Union Minister in a tweet clarified that no such claims were made by him.

False.Never said that J&K or Jammu will get free electricity after 4-5 years;it is nowhere in the audio video. Figment of imagination of some over-enthusiastic reporter desperate to be noticed by mis-quoting known public figures.However, ANI has now deleted this tweet. pic.twitter.com/08K94Znj3j — Dr Jitendra Singh (@DrJitendraSingh) April 14, 2022

"False. Never said that J&K or Jammu will get free electricity after 4-5 years; it is nowhere in the audio-video. A figment of the imagination of some over-enthusiastic reporter desperate to be noticed by misquoting known public figures. However, ANI has now deleted this tweet," wrote Singh.