A B Wani
Srinagar, Oct 18 :
Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) has issued the current curtailment schedule for Kashmir Valley, effective from 17th October, covering all STD Divisions across the valley.
As per the schedule, a copy of which lies with GNS, the curtailment hours have been fixed feeder-wise depending on whether the feeder is metered/cabled, essential or declared as 24×7.
According to the schedule, essential feeders including Hospitals, GMC, SMHS, District Hospitals, Water Supply Schemes, and other emergency services have been kept at 0 hours curtailment or 0.5 hour.
Metered, cabled and 24×7 declared feeders in Srinagar City (STD-I, STD-II) will face curtailment ranging from 0.5 hour to 3 hours per day.
Non-cabled, non-metered feeders in rural areas of Pulwama, Bijbehara, Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian, Ganderbal, Bandipora, Baramulla, Sopore, Kupwara and Budgam will face 6 to 8 hours of curtailment per day.
Industrial Estates Lassipora and other industrial feeders have been kept at 0 hours.
The schedule covers thousands of 11KV feeders under Sub Transmission Divisions – 2nd, Bijbehara, Ganderbal, IST, Pulwama and Sopore, with details of receiving station, feeder code, feeder name and scheduled curtailment hours.
KPDCL has asked consumers to check their respective feeder-wise curtailment timings from the official schedule.
The winter curtailment schedule is being implemented in view of increase in load and limited power availability, officials said.(GNS)