Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Nov 21: Deputy Commissioner Samba, Anuradha Gupta on Monday chaired a meeting of concerned officers to review the progress made under Prime Minister Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Uthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) in the district.
At the outset, Senior Technical Officer, JAKEDA apprised the meeting that so far 30 Solar Powered Agriculture Pumps have been installed in the district.
He said a number of applications have been received by JAKEDA but due to lack of requisite documents and formalities the same could not be processed under the scheme.
The DC impressed upon JAKEDA to furnish the list of applications having deficiencies of requisite documents so that the same could be taken up with concerned stakeholders.
She called upon the stakeholder departments viz Horticulture, Agriculture and Floriculture to furnish all documents with applications to extend the benefits of the scheme to maximum number of farmers.
Superintendent Engineer JPDCL was asked to identify the feeder having maximum concentration of irrigation pumps to promote solarization of agriculture pumps under the PM-KUSUM scheme.
Deepak Sharma, Sr. Technical officer JAKEDA, Chief Agriculture Officer, Chief Horticulture Officer, Tehsildar HQ, besides other officers were also present in the meeting.