Power Crisis to worsen this winter as faulty transformers may not be repaired

What could worsen power crisis across Kashmir this winter, the industrial units involved in repairing of damaged transformers have stopped taking fresh orders from the power department due to pending liabilities of around Rs 20 crore with the government. An official told Kashmir Post on Wednesday that since the winter has already set in, a deadlock between the small scale industrial units and the power department is worrying because the transformer damage rate in Kashmir goes up 50 to 60 percent due to overloading. There are around 24 small scale…

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