J&K, Telangana, Rajasthan stare at power outages

New Delhi: Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan and Telengana face blackouts as their distribution companies have either not opened the bank guarantees backing power purchases or put conditions on generators for invoking them.

Experts said if implemented in letter and spirit, the Centre’s directive to stop power supply without payment guarantee from August 1 will transform the ailing power sector.