Srinagar, Feb. 20 -- Power outages will soon be a thing of past as Jammu and Kashmir government has commissioned much-awaited 320MVA Alasteng and 50 MVA Bandipora grid stations to receive additional electricity from the central grids.
Installed capacity of Kashmir has now reached 1600 MVA mark against the peak demand of 2100 MVA.
Chief Engineer, PDD (Transmission) Hashmat Yousuf Qazi told The Kashmir Monitor that the Valley will now get 25 per cent additional electricity from the central grids.
"For the last one week, we are providing additional power to consumers. There are less outages now. The overall requirement of power supply in Kashmir is 2100 MVA, which too will be covered this year," he said.
For the last few years, Centre has ...