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Energy

For a water-abundant, power deficit state, energy crisis is seen as the major handicap in the socio-economic developmental deficit. This section offers a detailed narrative of the potential, the assets, the history, the players and the policymaking on the crucial front.

Kinetic Khan

After being the longest-serving chief executive of J&K Bank and making it state’s first and the only listed company, Muhammad Yousuf Khan, the man...

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,...
After consuming six cylinders at a rate of Rs. 412, a consumer has to pay Rs. 961 for each non-subsidized cylinder - Photo:Bilal Bahadur

A Crisis In The Making

Delhi’s has announced a new policy on distribution of LPG cylinders which was implemented by the J&K government without protest. With approaching winters in...

Some Respite

To reach Hunder village, one has to pass through the famous cold desert of Nubra Valley where the double-humped camels roam freely along a...

Bloody Makeover

Three precious lives were lost to electrocution in Srinagar city, two of them while painting the electric poles, reports Syed Shadab Ali Gillani The city...

Power Breakdown

A young boy is murdered simply for being at the wrong place at the wrong time—at a protest for electricity. But his death unearths...

Career in Energy Audit and Energy Management

Audit means a methodical examination and review. Energy audit therefore means an examination of a system or utility for best practices in energy utilization....

Fearlessly Foreign

In 15 years, the highway township of Chanderkot played host for hundreds of engineers from diverse nationalities. With the project being handed over to...

Prospects of Energy Education

Energy is the harbinger of growth, development and prosperity of a nation. However, the conventional sources of energy are limited, hence they need to...

The Mohra Marvel

Horse-carts drove the American turbines as the Afghan, Balti, and Punjabi labour force working under British engineers fought intermittent cholera attacks to create India’s...

Haveli Power House

The only person that knows the exact address of the power house in Poonch is the postman because he delivers letters to the residents...

Transmission Tales

In order to ensure that the existing fragile and inadequate power transmission system to Kashmir has a backup, a REC subsidiary involved one power...