The Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited has announced power curtailment schedule according to which non-metered areas will face 4-hour and metered areas 3-hour curtailment per day.
As per the schedule, the curtailment shall be 3 hours for metered feeders (1 hour in each slot) and 4 hours for non metered feeders (in 3 slots) against last year’s cut of 7 and 10 hours respectively.
The schedule will be valid from 7 to 23 November.
Speaking to Greater Kashmir, Chief Engineer KPDCL, Ajaz Ahmad Dar said that the curtailment scheduled was issued in view of the unrestricted load going up to 2100 megawatts. “We have time and again requested people to cooperate with the power department by making judicious use of electricity.”