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| Power crisis likely to end in next 7 yrs | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, June 24 : The state Government has no plans of taking in hand short -cut measures for providing much needed relief to people who continue to suffer from acute shortage electricity warranting prolonged load shedding. Official sources, however, said that a number of medium and major power projects were under construction and it was expected that the electricity shortage in the state may end within next five to seven years. They said things would have moved fast on the power front but intermittent objections raised by Pakistan had delayed the execution of sever al power projects that are to run on the water from Jehlum,the Chenab and the Indus.
Explaining details of various power projects, sources referred to four major power projects, including Baglihar-II, Sawalakot and Ratle, and said that once these plants were commissioned the gap between the demand and availability could be narrowed. The wide gap between demand and supply has been in existence in power sector for the last several years. They said the present restricted peak demand is estimated at 1450 MW where-as the total availability from state's sources comes to about 945.70 MW. The balance of the demand is met on payment against state's allocation in projects outside the State and by special adhoc allocations from the Centre. The total availability of power comprises of State's own installed capacity of 758.70 MW and 12% free power available from the central projects located within the State equivalent to 187 MW.
The gap between demand and supply becomes precarious during winter months when the generation from the local hydel stations, owned by State as well as the Centre, is reduced to almost one third of the installed capacity and the power demand goes up primarily because of heating needs.
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