Srinagar, Jan. 2 -- In a bid to hide its failures, the Power Development Department (PDD) has directed the JPDCL and KPDCL to initiate strict actions, including deducting up to 50 percent of salary against the officials of divisions and feeders where Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses exceed 40 percent.

Besides, the department has issued the revised Load Curtailment Plan (LPC) with extra hours of power shedding to the areas having AT&C losses of more than 40 percent and between 15 percent and 40 percent respectively, a KNO report said.

Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses in Jammu and Kashmir represent the gap between electricity input into the distribution system and revenue realized, combining technical losse...