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| J&K PDD to install two lakh smart metres in twin capitals from July | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jun 3: Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Department was all set to install two lakh smart meters in both the regions from the month of July, Principal Secretary Power Development Department, Rohit Kansal said on Wednesday.
He has urged the Distribution Companies (DISCOMS) viz. JPDCL and KPDCL to take advantage of the Special Economic and Comprehensive Package for them provided under the Atma Nirbhar Abhiyan.
The scheme provides for liquidity infusion of Rs 90,000 cr to DISCOMs for discharging liabilities of DISCOMs towards power generating companies and to tide over the financial crises arising due to Covid-19.
He was reviewing the status of various pending issues and ongoing schemes of the department via online mode.
The meeting was informed that poor consumer metering in the UT of J&K is one of the main reasons for huge AT&C losses which were of the order of 48 per cent against national average of 18 per cent.
The UT has a consumer base of around 21 lakh, out of which metered consumers were 50 per cent only. The percentage of consumers with compliant metering was still lower. The unmetered consumers were being billed on fixed flat rate basis. This had resulted in large accumulated power bills and adversely affected the state of power finances in the UT.
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