Category: Power

Bandipora: An issue over streetlights turned into a scuffle between two groups of Panchayat members in Bandipora district’s Nesbal village resulting in injuries to at least four persons including a Sarpanch. According to eyewitnesses, two groups of Panchayat members were attending a Gram Sabha in the Tengpora area of Nesbal in the Sumbal division when […]

Muhammad Ashraf Sofi, 33, a daily-wage lineman, of central Kashmir’s district Budgam was performing his duties when he received a severe electric shock and fell off the ladder. A week later he regained consciousness with his left arm amputated at tertiary Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar. One year on, Sofi along with his colleagues […]

Srinagar: Bashir Ahmad’s happiness has no bounds a day after the Lieutenant Governor administration approved the roadmap for the regularisation of services of Permanent Daily Labourer (PDL) and Temporary Daily Labourer (TDL) of the Power Development Department (PDD). Ahmad has been waiting for over a decade to see himself being regularized. He was appointed as […]

Srinagar, Feb 26: J&K Government has approved regularisation of the services of Permanent Daily Labourer (PDL) and Temporary Daily Labourer (TDL) of Power Development Department (PDD). According to the government officials, the much awaited move will positively impact regularisation, future progression of 12,000 employees. The services of work charged PDL and TDL used to be […]

Jammu: The government Friday deputed in-charge Chief Engineer Power Development Department (PDD) Ghulam Rasool Khanday to Ladakh for further posting against an available vacancy. As per a GAD order, during the period of deputation, the promotion prospects of the officer would remain with his parent department and the officer would be entitled to avail incentives […]

Srinagar: Each time there is a snowfall or a natural calamity hits Kashmir, the first casualty is the power supply and people start cursing the Power Development Department (PDD), but little did they know that the invisible hands behind the restoration work were PDD employees working on the ground who leave comforts of their homes […]

Srinagar: The J&K administration has set its target to harness the hydropower potential of the region to make J&K a power surplus in the next five years, an official spokesman said Thursday. The spokesman said that to achieve this target, the administration has taken several path-breaking reforms in the power sector which would change the […]

Srinagar: Residents of Bagh-Ali-Mardan area here have been reeling under darkness for past two days due to snag in transformer. A group of residents said that the transformer caters to many localities of Bagh-Ali-Mardan. “The transformer frequently develops technical as it is overloaded. We have been appealing to local PDD authorities to install additional transformer […]

Srinagar: Traders of Shaher-e-Khaas have hailed prompt restoration of power in Old Srinagar areas following heavy snowfall. In a statement, Shaher-e-Khaas Coordination Committee said that due to heavy snowfall, electric poles and wires were damaged in Old Srinagar areas. “PDD engineers and ground staff worked amid snowfall and restored power supply within few hours. We […]

Srinagar: The J&K administration has set its target to harness the hydropower potential of the region to make J&K a power surplus in the next five years, an official spokesman said Thursday. The spokesman said that to achieve this target, the administration has taken several path-breaking reforms in the power sector which would change the […]

Srinagar, Feb 24: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has set a target to harness the region’s hydropower potential to make the Union territory power surplus in next five years. “In order to achieve this target, the administration has taken several path breaking reforms in the power sector which will change the dynamics of the power […]

Ramban: Ramban district headquarters remained cut off with subdivisions Gool, Ramsu, and Banihal due to the closure of the roads on Wednesday. According to reports, all the link roads leading to District Hospital Ramban remain closed due to the closure of the roads including the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway leading to District Hospital Ramban. Following heavy […]