Kashmir purchases 700 MWs power daily from NG

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JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir government has taken various innovative initiatives to utilize State’s water treasure trove for generation of power by execution of various mega and mini hydroelectric projects in the State.

The government at present purchases 700 MWs of power daily from Northern Grid (NG) for Kashmir Division to meet out the requirement of the consumers from.

Due to dry spell, the water level in the rivers decreases day by day and power production of existing projects comes down to 120 MWs instead of total power generation of 750 MWs in Kashmir Division. Valley’s daily power consumption is 1,250 MWs but due to overloading the Government is purchasing 700 MWs of power from Northern Grid. Because of misuse of power by the consumers the power cuts became necessary to safeguard the power infrastructure and financial losses of the department.