Jammu, Sep 21: Managing Director (MD) Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (JPDCL) Shiv Anant Tayal on Wednesday stated those who failed to avail amnesty scheme and “did not pay principal amount would invite penalty and legal action besides disconnection of power.” While addressing a press conference here, Tayal exhorted all the domestic consumers of Jammu […]
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JKEEGA rues delay in promotions of engineers
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Electrical Engineer Graduates Association (JKEEGA) Monday sought the intervention of Principal Secretary Power, Nitishwar Kumar in addressing the delay in promotions at different staff levels. A statement of the association issued here said that 15 SE posts and 11 ED and CEs and dozens of posts at other levels were […]
Initiate measures to reduce AT&C losses: MD KPDCL
Srinagar, Sep 18: Managing Director KPDCL, Yasin M Choudhary raised the issue of excessive AT&C losses and urged divisional heads to improve their performance and monitor losses feeder-by-feeder, as well as hold feeder managers and other personnel accountable to set limitations and deadlines. MD KPDCL chaired a review meeting of all O&M Divisions of KPDCL […]
‘Electricity Amendment Bill will give free run to private players to use power infrastructure to mint money’
Srinagar: The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF), the national level body of power engineers, has pushed for stopping the implementation of the Electricity Amendment Bill which it said will be detrimental to both employees and consumers across India. The Engineers’ body expressed various concerns over the bill in the first-ever federal meeting in Kashmir […]
Kashmir’s first electric train to start moving on Banihal-Baramulla stretch from Oct 2
Srinagar: The Kashmir valley will cross another milestone this Gandhi Jayanti on October 2 when J&K’s first electric train will start moving on the 137 km Banihal-Baramulla corridor, according to officials of the Indian Railway Construction Limited. The J&K government, Indian Railways and Indian Railway Construction Limited have been working together on this project since […]
Most hydel, thermal power projects wallowing in time overruns
New Delhi, Sep 18: As many as 12 out of 13 hydro projects and 30 out of 34 thermal power projects are delayed in their execution, mainly due to issues like land acquisition and contractual inadequacies. Most significantly, the 12 delayed hydro projects have a cumulative time overrun of 1,205 months or more than 100 […]
MD KPDCL asks engineers to complete ongoing works in time bound manner
Srinagar: Managing Director (MD) KPDCL, Yasin M. Choudhary today asked the engineers to complete ongoing works in a time bound manner. The directions were issued at a review meeting of Projects Wing of KPDCL and IT&C Division Kashmir. On the occasion, the MD took a detailed review on issues related to providing online services to […]
Eiffel Tower to go dark earlier as Paris saves energy
Paris: Lights on the Eiffel Tower will soon be turned off more than an hour earlier at night to save electricity, the Paris mayor announced Tuesday, as Russia’s war in Ukraine deepens an energy crisis in Europe. Mayor Anne Hidalgo said the iconic tower that is normally illuminated until 1 a.m. is only one of […]
Power Deptt formalises amnesty for domestic consumers
Srinagar: After receiving the Administrative Council’s (AC) consent, the Power Department formally issued an order declaring a waiver of the interest that had accrued on domestic electricity bills due to non-payments for J&K residents. More than 5.50 lakh domestic consumers would benefit from the decision by having an amount of Rs 937.34 crore that had […]
Power outstanding dues touch Rs 14,164 crore
Srinagar: Power liabilities on account of power purchased from outside utilities have reached a staggering Rs 14,164 crore due to mismatches in power purchases and revenue collection that are depleting J&K’s exchequer. Greater Kashmir was informed by a top Power Department official that J&K’s outstanding electricity debt has reached Rs 14,164 crore and that the […]
Upcoming electricity crisis and a potential solution
As autumn is filling our hearts and rooms with its bounties, in all thankfulness we must remember that this is a knell to the winter. The season of winter is steadily approaching and each bountiful passing day of autumn brings us closer and closer to the cold and freezing days. Nothing matches the beauty of […]
Ukraine’s nuclear plant goes offline amid fighting
Zaporizhzhia: Ukraine’s and Europe’s largest nuclear plant has stopped supplying Ukrainian-held territories with electricity, Kremlin-backed authorities said Saturday, as a team of inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog continued their mission at the site. The Russian-appointed city administration in Enerhodar, where the Zaporizhzhia plant is located, blamed an alleged Ukrainian shelling attack on Saturday morning, […]