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LG calls for better synergy between agencies for making J&K power surplus

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha took a comprehensive review of the status of various projects of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in a meeting

Oct. 11, 2020

Kashmir·Latest News·News

Discoms’ outstanding dues to power gencos rise 37% to Rs 1.33 lakh cr in August

New Delhi: Power producers” total dues owed by distribution firms rose over 37 per cent year-on-year to Rs 1.33 lakh crore in August 2020, reflecting stress in the sector. Distribution companies (discoms)

Oct. 11, 2020

India·Latest News

J&K LG announces Rs 1350 Cr package, 50% rebate on power & water bills for Industries

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday announced an economic package of Rs 1350 for reviving the ailing business sector of the Union Territory stating that “this was just a beginning

Sep. 19, 2020

CBI begins preliminary probe into Rs 9,000 cr J&K hydro project

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has started preliminary enquiry into allotment of a Rs 9,000 crore hydro power project in J&K, allegedly done by flouting all central government guidelines

Aug. 2, 2020

Business·Environment·Kashmir·Latest News·Lead Stories

Chinese company Dongfang electric to install power meters in Kashmir, says Congress, questions move

New Delhi: The Congress party has alleged that despite the government claiming that it has barred Chinese companies from working in India, the meter installation project in Jammu and Kashmir is being

Jul. 29, 2020

Business·Kashmir·Latest News·Lead Stories

1 lakh Srinagarites to get ‘hybrid smart’ power metres

Srinagar: The government plans to cover 1 lakh households in Srinagar in the first phase of installation of hybrid smart electricity metres in the city. The information was shared by Managing Director

May. 23, 2020

Kashmir·Latest News

Darkness beneath the wick: A look at hydroelectric power scenario in J&K

Amir Suhail Wani Jammu & Kashmir is one of richest places in India in terms of its estimated hydel power capacity. The recent surveys have placed the hydel potential of state around

Apr. 29, 2020

Opinion·Latest News

Roadmap to make J&K energy surplus by 2025

Jammu, Mar 8: Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited has drawn a roadmap to make the Union Territory energy surplus by 2025 by harnessing its large hydel power potential. This was

Mar. 8, 2020

Lead Stories

Labourer killed in Ganderbal snow avalanche

Srinagar, Mar 6: A non-local labourer was Friday killed and another injured after the duo was swept away by a snow avalanche that hit some under-construction power projects in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district.

Mar. 6, 2020

Since BJP came to power, democracy being finished in every state: Azad

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday said since the BJP formed government at the Centre, democracy is being finished in every state. He was referring to the developments in Madhya Pradesh.

Mar. 5, 2020

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