Srinagar 22 May (KNB): Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan on Friday convened an officers meeting to review functioning of Power Development Department (PDD). A statement issued to Kashmir News Bureau said that the meeting was attended by Chief Engineer KPDCL and Chief Engineer KPTCL Kashmir besides Chief EngineerContinue Reading
KNB News Desk Srinagar 20 April (KNB): Chief Engineer power development department, Aijaz Ah Dar on Tuesday appealed consumers to avoid excessive use of heating gadgets during Sehri and Iftaar time for the purposes of unscheduled power cuts in the month of Ramadan. Talking to news agency Kashmir News BureauContinue Reading
Owais Ayoub Bandipora 18 January (KNB): The residents of Naninara area of North Kashmir’s Sumbal Monday protested against the Power Development Department’s (PDDs) unscheduled power cuts in their areas and hiking in the power bills. As per locals, the protestors, mostly women, of the village blocked the Sumbal-Bandipora road andContinue Reading
Jammu 7 January (KNB): A man was electrocuted to death while repairing a High Tension power wire in Bhangai village area of Thanamandi in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. Identified as 35 years Mohammad Makhna resident of Banghai Thannamdi, received an intense electric shock while repairing a high-tension lineContinue Reading
Qaiser Dar Srinagar 30 December (KNB): The installation of power transformers at low heights without proper encasing, has made people vulnerable to a deadly threat in several localities of Srinagar. In many areas, like Raj’bagh, Parray’pora, Bemina, Batamaloo, these power transformers are installed on roads at such a low heightContinue Reading