Electricity being restored in all district headquarters barring Kulgam

SRINAGAR — Authorities on Wednesday said that electricity will be restored in all district headquarters except Kulgam by today evening.

Chief Engineer, Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited (KPDCL) distribution said 85% power supply will be restored in Srinagar by today evening.

“The restoration work on the electric tower at Kulgam is likely to take more time,” the official said.

Power supply to southern district Kulgam shall remain affected for the next few days as two transmission towers have collapsed due to snowfall, officials said.

“Two towers of 132 KV Mirbazar Kulgam transmission line feeding grid station got collapsed due to heavy snowfall. Power supply to entire Kulgam district shall remain affected for few days,” reads a tweet by Executive Engineer ED Kulgam.

A senior officer of the department told GNS that an emergency restoration system has been requisitioned and it also takes a couple of days. He said all other grid stations stand restored.

He said that electricity poles have collapsed at the community transmission level and are being restored. “Where the network is intact, the electricity has been or will be restored by today evening,” he said.