With rising mercury, power crisis worsens in Jammu

With summer season peaking by the day, the power crisis in Jammu region has also worsened as the gap between demand and supply has touched around 115 MW. The gap further widens during peak hours like in the afternoon and in the evening, sources in the PDD informed. The officials however, said that the gap is not that much, “but there are other reasons responsible for the crisis, which mainly include outdated system and equipments”. The scenario is forcing the PDD authorities to resort to ‘Distress Curtailments’ in order to…

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