Illegal Power Connections To Be Regularised, Stringent Punishment For Violators

To ensure uninterrupted power supply and bring down pilferage, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has decided to make certain that all consumers have metered connection and strictly enforce provisions of the Central Electricity Act for stringent punishment to violators.

According to an order issued by the administration of the Union territory, all power distribution corporations of Jammu and Kashmir have been directed to ensure that electric meters are installed at all industrial and commercial establishments within two months. “All industrial and commercial establishments and general-purpose bulk, UT, Central consumers across the UT of Jammu & Kashmir shall be metered within a period of two months. There shall not remain any such establishment consuming power, unmetered,” it reads.