The power tariff in Jammu and Kashmir is likely to be hiked after the reorganisation and unbundling of the Power Development Department (PDD) undertaken by the government and implemented soon after the Central Government abrogated Article 370 on August 5.
Amid the worsening power situation, sources said consumers might be forced to shell out more from the next fiscal as the PDD would be reorgansied into three distribution companies for J&K, Ladakh Union Territories (UT) after October 31 when the new UTs will take shape.
