India, Jan. 23 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Friday said that the active power load in the valley is less than 100 Megawatts (MW) as against the usual 1700 MW.

Taking to the microblogging site X, the CM tweeted, "As per KPDCL, the active power load in the valley is less than 100 MW as against the usual 1700 MW, essentially due to outage of almost all 33KV feeders including those feeding emergency services."

"Teams are on job for rectification but extensive tree fall on the lines and the windy conditions are major hurdles to be overcome," Omar said.

The CM also said, "Damage assessment is underway but would take some time owing to prevailing weather conditions."

Pertinent, on Thursday late evening, gusty winds acro...