THERMAL POWER PLANT, KALAKOTE (INAUGURATED BY PRIME MINISTER OF J&K IN 1963) (Kalakote) | production

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1st Thermal Power Plant of North India which is located in Block Kalakote of Rajouri District. The Thermal power plant is a masterpiece in terms of machinery and equipment installed in the Thermal Power Plant.

This thermal power plant was established in the Mid 50s by Jammu and Kashmir Minerals Ltd. in technical collaboration with M/S ENERGIOINVEST SARAJEVO, YUGOSLAVIA. I visited the plant without any planning or recording gear and I could not even found some technical person who could tell me except one of my uncle (MR. SANJAY UPPAL) who use to come to thermal plant along with my Dad (MR. KAMAL KISHOR WORK) WHO has worked here in the electrical wing. According to my Dad, there are three thermal turbines, A state of art water pumping system was also installed which use to PUMP OUT the water from River and it was shifted to the plant wherein steam was generated and high-pressure water with the power of coal was used to generate the Electricity.

According to the Sources whole of the plant along with Residential Colony was also established,

A hospital was there.
A medical Colony was there.
A Thermal Colony was also there.
A theater was constructed,
A good number of people were getting jobs at the thermal power plant.

The whole of the Thermal power plant was constructed in technical Collaboration with ENERGIOINVEST SARAJEVO, YUGOSLAVIA
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(Source of information about Energiovest = Wikipedia)

THE FOUNDATION STONE FOR THE THERMAL POWER PLANT WAS LAID BY PRIME MINISTER OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR JB, BAKSHI GHULAM MOHAMMAD AND SADAR-E- RIYASAT DR. KARAN SINGH.

PRIME MINISTER RULE WAS IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR FROM (1953-1964)
Prime Minister (1953–1964)[edit]
In August 1953, Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah was dismissed and arrested, and Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad became Prime Minister of the State and also President of the National Conference by a majority vote of the State Cabinet. The famous Kashmir Conspiracy Case against Abdullah and others was started during his tenure.
Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad proved to be an able administrator and is remembered as the "Architect of Modern Kashmir" because of his constructive work in the State. He set Kashmir on the road to progress, gave a practical shape to the ideal of "Naya Kashmir", and earned fame and goodwill at home and outside Kashmir. He had a unique knack for establishing a direct rapport with people at grass-root level land gained tremendous popularity among people of all regions.
On the political front, Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad had to face a stiff challenge from the Plebiscite Front which was formed by the loyalists of Sheikh Abdullah in 1955.
In May 1963, after the loss of three Parliamentary by-elections, the Congress party, under the Kamaraj plan, decided that some ministers should resign and give all their time to party work. The final selection was left to Jawaharlal al Nehru, who included Bakshi among the ministers to resign. Upon his recommendation, Khwaja Shamsuddin, a Bakshi loyalist was appointed to succeed him.
The eleven years of the Bakshi's tenure have been the longest continuous stint by any Prime Minister or Chief Minister and are generally acknowledged as a period of stability in the State's post-independence history.[citation needed] Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad had steadfastly resisted any attempt to undermine Jammu and Kashmir's special status within the Union of India.

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