Despite availability of funds and New Delhi’s nod, 2 major transmission projects grounded It appears that a certain section of bureaucracy derives pleasure from restricting Kashmir’s capacity to import power. How? At current, the peak demand for power in Kashmir Valley is more than 1700 MW. But the existing transmission system has the capacity to import only 1250 MW. In 2006, under the Prime Minister’s Reconstruction Programme, then Congress-led UPA government in New Delhi approved construction of several grid stations across the state to enhance its transmission and supply capacity.…
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