Srinagar, Feb. 20 -- Officials of Power Development claim that local hydro power generation from the local power plants have reduced by nearly 90 percent.

A top official of PDD said that, "At present Jammu and Kashmir is 85-90 percent dependent on coal and solar energy that is being procured from the other states because as of now we don't have a local power generation."

"In winters the local hydro power generation of Jammu and Kashmir power plants has reduced by almost 90 percent and in order to cater the requisite power demand, we need to have a base power availability that we procure from outside states. The energy is coal based energy," the official said.

The official further said that the department is already in different Power P...