Modi to kick-start development projects to make J&K ‘powerful’
To make the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir self-reliant in the power sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to lay the foundation stone of 850 MW Ratle Power Project and 540 MW Kwar Hydro Project on the river Chenab during his day-long visit to Jammu on April 24. Nine years ago, a similar ceremony was organised in Kishtwar on June 25, 2013 where former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance chief Sonia Gandhi had also laid the foundation for the 850 megawatts (MW) GVK Ratle hydroelectric power project.
However, the work on the project was suspended shortly after differences surfaced between the then Government of Jammu & Kashmir and the company to which the contract of the project had been awarded.
