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| T&D Losses in J&K: figures show no visible improvement | | Contrary to its commitment, Govt manages marginal reduction | | Kunal Shrivatsa
JAMMU, Mar 18: Notwithstanding a series of measures taken to reduce Transmission and Distribution (T&D) losses, the Government efforts have so far yielded negligible results in stemming the rot as the annual T&D losses have remained over 60 percent for the last two years.
In a reply to MLA Balwant Singh Mankotia's question in State Legislative Assembly here today, the Government said, "For the year 2010-11, the State recorded T&D losses of 62.12 percent while T&D losses for the year 2011-12 stood at 61.61," adding that during the current financial year, T&D losses have further shown reducing trends and are presently below the 60 percent mark (ending January, 2013).
Even though the Government can boast on marginal reduction of 0.51 percent in T&D losses recorded for 2011-12 in comparison to 2010-11, the overall scenario of power sector in J&K presents a gloomy picture as the State has to pay a hefty amount annually to purchase electricity from different sources including the Northern Grid.
With the percentage of T&D losses almost remaining static for the last two years while the power revenue being generated also not up to the desired level and the power purchase bill also soaring every year, the State Government's claims that steps initiated to improve the situation would definitely bring a change is nothing but day dreaming.
"A number of steps have been taken to reduce T&D losses. In order to reduce transmission losses, shunt capacitor banks have been installed at various Grid Stations at 33 KV level under reactive compensation scheme sanctioned by NRPC. In distribution system, numbers of reforms have been introduced to reduce the losses," the Government said.
While speaking to Early Time Plus, the sources within the department said that the Government claims are only rhetoric and nothing else as the real picture altogether presents a different story.
Sources said that revenue realization is a big cause of concern for the State Government as the targets fixed by the Power Development Department (PDD) would not be able to meet the desired goals and would certainly fell short.
As far as power purchase bill is concerned, the State Government has to spend more than Rs 3000 crore which could further aggravate as the rate of power purchased is getting inflated annually, the sources added. |
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