Category: Power

New Delhi, Apr 10: Adani Group on Monday shared a letter sent to the Financial Times following its publication of an article that contained fundamental misunderstandings of prior Adani Group disclosures, and resultant inaccuracies in the story. Adani Group said in the letter that the article titled “Indian data reveals Adani empire’s reliance on offshore […]

Rajouri, Mar 6: The administration on Monday said that survey for repair of all the damaged and undersised electric poles is going on under a special project sanctioned by government. The reply of Electric Division of Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited has come after Greater Kashmir on Monday highlighted the demand of people for repair […]

Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated the power infrastructure projects worth Rs 192 crores on Monday. An official spokesman in a statement issued here said that the 25 projects inaugurated included 22 receiving stations costing Rs 50 crore, smart metering project costing Rs 62.88 crore, and Smart Metering App – Smart Bill Sahuliyat, and Supervisory […]

New Delhi, Feb 26: Concerned over several state electricity regulatory commissions (SERCs) functioning without Chairpersons and adequate strength of members, with posts lying vacant for long periods, the Union Power Ministry has asked state governments to fill up all vacancies in a time-bound manner. Power Secretary Alok Kumar recently wrote to all Chief Secretaries, pointing […]

Srinagar, Jan 14: Apni Party Senior Vice President Ghulam Hassan Mir on Saturday expressed concern over the unscheduled and frequent power cuts in Greenz area of North Kashmir’s Tangmarg. According to a press note, he was on a visit to the area today wherein the local people met the Apni Party leader and informed him […]

Kupwara, Jan 17: The residents, mostly women of Sudergund village of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district Tuesday staged a protest against the Power Development Department (PDD) for providing them only a few hours of electricity for the last 15 days. The residents of the area took to the streets and blocked Mawer-Handwara highway at […]

Anantnag, Jan 09: Villagers of tribal area of Tethan in Dooru, Anantnag got electricity after 75 years, locals and officials said. They said that the village, some 45 km from Anantnag town and with a population of around 200 people, were provided power under the centrally sponsored PM Development Package scheme. After using traditional methods […]

Jammu, Jan 9: Aam Aadmi Party’s senior state spokesperson and co-chairman media co-ordination committee, Jagdeep Singh on Monday said that grim power scenario in Jammu and Kashmir is putting life of every citizen in trouble and failure of successive governments in augmentation of power infrastructure is resulting into this scenario. He alleged that there is […]

Srinagar: The residents of Umar Colony (Lane No 2) locality of Lal Bazar area here on Sunday expressed concern over receiving extremely high voltage power supply from the last few days. They said this has resulted in damage to their several household electronic gadgets. “We have already informed the concerned department about the same, but […]

In this age when so much progress has been made in every sphere of life, keeping several areas un-electrified is unimaginable. This also affects the image of the government efforts to provide electricity to all villages. There are lapses or delays at the government level because of which a number of areas are still un-electrified […]

Islamabad, Jan 3: Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Tuesday that the government has approved a new energy conservation plan under which markets/malls would close by 8:30 p.m., while it also banned the usage of inefficient appliances that would save the country around Rs 62 billion ($273.4 million) annually, media reports said. Asif announced […]

Kupwara, Dec 23: The residents of Gund Chogal in Handwara have accused the Power Development Department (PDD) of “sloppy approach” in erecting electric transmission poles leaving residents in danger. Locals said that they were living under a constant threat due to low-lying transmission lines tied to rooftops of residential houses and trees. “Most of the […]