Disturbingly Disempowering
After dithering for eight years, J&K government finally came out with a revised policy for developing new power projects. The changes are a mixed...
Submerging A Culture
NHPC’s upcoming Kishanganga power project would displace hundreds, submerge homes and endanger the fragile ecology of Gurez Valley besides putting the culture and future...
Stephen Schwebel
Last time when a non-Asian used the Jehlum Valley Road was at the peak of so called first Kashmir War. It was Sydney Smith,...
Elusive Power
Salal launched the NHPC, and J&K’s power ambitions in seventies. As successive governments in Srinagar sought its return, an inflexible New Delhi is unmoved...
J&K is NHPC’s Power House
India’s hydropower major NHPC has initiated the process of harvesting wind energy near Salal power station-its profit-making 690-MW flagship project in J&K. The idea...
Kashmir Fault Line
Kashmir has no access to nuclear energy. It cannot even hope to have one in the given situation. But that does not lessen the...
Transparent metering
The PDD is replacing the electricity meters with new ones to stop power theft. Abdul Mohamin reports. The Power Development Department (PDD) is replacing...
No objections
The water disputes between India and Pakistan are becoming more frequent and fierce leading the two nations to international courts. The proposed artificial lake...
Precious water
Post militancy, one of the major issues that crept into public discourse was the exploitation of the water resources initially by the restrictions imposed...
Innovative bid
Its first impact on ground was chief minister Omar Abdullah filing a defamation suit against PDP leaders Nizamuddin Bhat and spokesman Naem Akhter for...
Transformers
Come winter and the power transformers will be in huge demand. Owing to the voltage fluctuations and massive load for lighting and heating, the...
The $ 3000000000 Gamble
India and Pakistan are racing to outdo each other in completing power projects on either side of the LoC on the same river. Finishing...
Lighting up Ladakh
Energy deficient Ladakh region is getting massive government investment in power sector, which will lower the ecologically fragile region’s reliance on polluting...
WATERED DOWN
The dispute over use of Kashmir waters is heating up Indo-Pak relations raking up threats of war and a lot of propaganda. Iftikhar Gilani...
Intervention in Energy Sector
Decentralized renewable energy systems hold tremendous scope of employment generation and entrepreneurship. A large scale dissemination of renewable energy is critically dependent on public...
