Category: Power

Srinagar: Amid bulging demand for electricity with the onset of winter in Kashmir, the Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited has announced a curtailment schedule. As per the curtailment schedule, non-metered areas will face a power cut of 3 hours in a day and metered areas will have power curtailment of 1.5 hours in a day. […]

Srinagar Nov 6: The Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited on Saturday announced a curtailment schedule for district Srinagar for both metered as well as non-metered area effective from Sunday. A communique by the KPDCL while notifiying the curtailment schedule asked consumers to use electricity judiciously especially during peak hours to avoid overloading of system and […]

New Delhi: Homegrown auto major Tata Motors expects to launch the electric version of its small commercial vehicles ‘soon’ to tap the opportunity of electrification of the last mile transportation segment, a senior company official said on Thursday. Besides leveraging synergies from the passenger vehicles business unit of the company, Tata Motors’ commercial vehicles unit […]

Jammu: The Power Development Department (PDD) is set to achieve the highest ever capacity addition in both the transmission and distribution sectors in J&K this year. An official spokesman in a statement issued here said that reviewing the progress of various ongoing schemes in J&K, Principal Secretary Power Development Department, Rohit Kansal who chaired the […]

New Delhi: State-owned hydro power giant NHPC has paid the final dividend of Rs 249.44 crore to the government for 2020-21. NHPC has paid a final dividend of Rs 249.44 Crore to the Government of India for 2020-21 on October 21, a power ministry statement said. According to the statement, NHPC CMD AK Singh handed […]

Srinagar, Oct 25: A Power Development Department (PDD) lineman succumbed on way to hospital after getting electrocuted at Aaribal colony in Old Town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday evening. According to news agency GNS the lineman Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, son of Abdul Rashid Dar, a resident of Drangbal in Baramulla received serious burn […]

Kupwara: People in Kashmir Sunday accused the authorities of failing to provide them regular power supply. People from Lalpora, Sogam, Warnaw, Kalarose, Khumriyal, Kupwara town, Trehgam, Kralpora, Karnah, Tanghdar, Drugmulla, Nagri, Kandi, Vadhpora, Kawari, Natnusa, Maidan Chogal, Gund Chogal, Magam, Vilgam, Tarthpora, Hangikote, Sirajpora, Sunmula, Handwara town, Lower and Upper Rajwar, Mawer, Qaziabad, Pohru Chakla, […]

Paris, Oct 22: A violent storm that lashed northern France for over 24 hours caused damages and left some 250,000 households without electricity, Enedis, the country’s public power distribution system, said. According to France Bleu radio, the regions most affected by the storm Aurore include Brittany, Normandy, and Paris, reports Xinhua news agency. In Normandy, […]

Srinagar, Oct 20: The J&K government on Wednesday said that it is planning to install eight lakh smart electricity meters by 2023. As per a J&K government handout, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha while chairing the Administrative Council meeting in Srinagar, authorized the Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Ltd. (JPDCL) and Kashmir Distribution Corporation Ltd. (KPDCL) to […]

Srinagar, Oct 19: Traders of Shaher-e-Khaas have urged the PDD to replace worn out electric wires in Downtown areas. “Worn out power transmission wires pose risk to pedestrians in Downtown areas. We appeal Chief Engineer PDD to direct the concerned engineers to replace the wires at the earliest,” said Nazir Ahmad Shah, chairman Shaher-e-Khaas Traders […]

Religious leaders and members of civil society today stressed upon district administration to ensure un-interrupted power and drinking water supply to the people of this hilly district especially in the month of Ramadhan. They said that on one hand, tall announcements were made for round the clock power supply, but on the other hand adjoining […]

The residents of Deegam village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district Friday accused the Power Development Department (PDD) of resorting to unscheduled power cuts, causing immense hardships to them. According to the residents, the village located across the Rambi Aara stream has been witnessing frequent power outages since winters. They said the power schedule of winters […]