Infrastructure Setup

Bird’s eye-view of economy of a place can be had from the available infrastructure. Since the infrastructure set-up of the district is not properly developed, measures are being taken for the development of various sectors of basic amenities viz Transportation, Public Health, Education, Power Development, Medical facilities, Roads etc.

District Pulwama is having no Hydel Power Generating Project. Electricity generated in other districts of the State is consumed here. All the villages are almost electrified except some pockets. However, two Gas Turbine Plants established at Pampore

S.No	Name of the District	Power House	Installed capacity (MWs)
1	Pulwama	Pampore Gas Turbine-I	75.00
2	Pulwama	Pampore Gas Turbine-II	100.00
	Total:-		175.00

Though all the villages are electrified yet the power supply is not as per its requirements especially during the winter season. The need is felt to generate the electricity as per its requirement in the district. The erratic power supply have curtailed the Industrial Development in the district. The erratic and short power supply is the root cause of Industrial backwardness in the district. No doubt diesel generator sets are used as an alternative source but same can not be an alternative source of energy in view of its high costs.

Development in modern times is directly proportionate to communication facilities. The district is well knit with pacca/Kacha roads which connect the different corners of the district with main Town and other parts of the Valley / State Head Quarters. Surface transport viz Buses, Trucks, Matadors, Taxies etc. are being utilized for transportation of goods and services in the district /State.

The below table indicates the position of roads and its category-wise construction for the period 1994-95 to 1998-99.

S.NO	Year	Black Topped	Mettelled(in Kms)	Shing led	Total Surfaced	Fair weather	Total unsurfaced	Total
1	94-95	395	242	218	855	32	32	887
2	95-96	411	245	221	877	32	32	909
3	96-97	425	267	143	835	11	11	846
4	97-98	430	270	140	840	11.36	11.36	851.36
5	98-99	453	365	52	870	1.0	1.0	871

The present set-up of Post and Telegraph is not adequate as there are only 109 sub branch post Offices working in the district. They do not cater the need of the people. For speedy growth of industrialization this sector needs prior attention of the Authorities . there are 2352 telephone connections installed till end of March 1999.

Year	Head Post	Sub-Post Office	Telegraph Office	Branch Office	Total	No. of Telephone Connections
Year	Head Post	Sub-Post Office	Telegraph Office	Branch Office	Total	Main	Extension
94-95	--	08	64	18	80	183	--
95-96	--	08	88	18	107	183	--
96-97	--	08	80	18	106	1080	--
97-98	--	08	83	18	109	1960	--
98-99	--	08	83	18	109	2352	--

All the six blocks of the district are availing Bank facilities. There are 38 scheduled commercial Banks working in the district as per the records for the year 1998-99. The year-wise deposits/ advances made during the period 1994-95 to 1998-99 is given as under:-

Year	No. of Banks	Deposits	Advances	Bank Advances as %age to deposits
1994-95	37	9218	1267	13.07
1995-96	38	11467	1370	12.00
1996-97	38	12587	1629	12.90
1997-98	38	14599	2156	14.80
1998-99	38	14599	2156	14.80

As per the Census of 1981, the literacy %age was 20.47 i.e. 30.56 for men and 9.21 in women. As regards Rural Population the literacy level was very low as compared to the Urban sector. Presently the level of education is very high as compared to the Census of 1981. There are three colleges for General Education, seventy five High/ Higher Secondary Institutions, one hundred sixty one Middle and six hundred two Primary schools functioning in the district. The year-wise Break-up is given as under:-

Year	Colleges		High/Higher		Middle		Primary
Year	Total Female		Total	Female	Total	Female	Total	Female
1994-95	03	--	78	16	144	42	579	207
1995-96	03	--	78	16	144	42	579	207
1996-97	03	--	81	16	149	42	591	207
1997-98	03	--	75	12	159	44	575	175
1998-99	03	--	75	12	161	44	602	175

Year	College		High/Higher secy.		Middle		Primary
Year	Total	Female	Total	Female	Total	Female	Total	Female
1994-95	NA	NA	32612	10225	32681	12911	32412	12880
1995-96	1600	600	32719	11293	32721	13201	32914	12981
1996-97	2361	1094	32819	11390	32825	13302	32994	12100
1997-98	4225	1669	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998-99	NA	NA	-	-	-	-	-	-

At District Level there are 2 Professional Institutions viz Industrial Training Institute Shopian and DIET Shopian working in the District. In ITI Shopian training is being imparted to the candidates in typing/Stenography, carpentry, Electronics, Mechanic, Welding etc. In District Institute of Education, training programmes are organized for the teachers in order to train them for the basic elementary education.

Safe Drinking water is provided to villages on priority basis. As per Census 1981, 536 villages inhabited stand provided with safe drinking water facilities.

As per the available records, the district is divided into six Medical Blocks wherein 250 Medical Institutions are providing Health care to the people living in Rural/Urban areas of the district wherein 584 Medical Personnel are working viz 112 Doctors, 22 Vaids/Hakims, 96 Nurses, 148 Compounders, 20 Dawa Sazas, 04 Sanitary Inspectors 07 Health Inspectors, 34 Basic Health Workers, 04 Health Visitors , 159 Ancillary Nurses/ Dias / Midwives as per the records maintained for the year 1998-99.

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