Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir may plunge into darkness as power generating companies have threatened to stop electricity supply to the state for failing to clear the pending dues.
A letter from Chief Engineer Commercial and Survey Wing, PDD J&K to Development Commissioner Power, Srinagar, has revealed that the state may witness shortfall of approximately 1100 Megawatt from Wednesday midnight.
On July 22, power generating companies had directed JKPDD to open Letter of Credit (LC) in favor of Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs).
“It was communicated by various Central Public Sector Undertakings for opening Letter of Credit in compliance to the order of Ministry of Power GoI. Accordingly, this office vide letter No: CE /C&S/J/T-2/ 1412-13 dated 22-07-2019 communicated the same to the higher authorities along with the amount of the Letter of Credits to be opened in favour of the various CPSUs. This was also in compliance to the directions issued by Commissioner Secretary JKPDD during the meeting on the subject matter on 22-07-2019,” the letter reads.
Sources said the process of opening Letter of Credit with the bank is still under process. However, under rules the power generating companies have to stop supplying power if the dues are not cleared on time.
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