The COVID lockdown has caused delay in some major power projects in Kashmir, officials said.
The officials told Greater Kashmir that the J&K Power Department was working on multiple projects which by late 2020 were supposed to add nearly 400 MWs to the system in the valley.
The projects, if completed by the earlier deadline of late 2020 would have taken the power handling capacity in the valley from 1450 MWS to around 1800 MWS this winter, officials said.
“At the time COVID hit us, we were working on multiple projects in transmission as well as in distribution wings. The projects included building of new grids, augmentation of older projects, finishing of languishing projects and also many projects in distribution sector.
