<span style="color: #222222;">In Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha conducted a meeting at the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar yesterday to assess the preparedness of the Power Development Department for the ensuing winter season.<br />''<br />''The Lt Governor directed officers concerned to ensure necessary advance procurement and decentralized distribution of critical components like transformers, poles, and other material for inaccessible and potentially snow bound areas in view of the upcoming winter season.<br />''<br />''Observing the need to ensure uninterrupted power supply in the Union Territory, the Lt Governor directed to ensure quality check on the procurement of transformers and other critical equipment so that their shelf life remains longer.<br />''<br />''The Lt Governor also directed the officers to look into the high damage rate of transformers in the Union Territory and to submit an action plan to lower it to the national average. </span><br />