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JAMMU, Nov 04: The Jammu and Kashmir government has announced plans to install around nine lakh Smart Meters across the Jammu region. Once completed, all power consumers in the region will be brought under the pre-paid mode , in line with national guidelines for Smart Metered areas.

“There are approximately 12 lakh power consumers in the Jammu region, of which around 9 lakh are domestic, while the rest belong to commercial and industrial sectors,” informed Vinod Sharma , PDD Axion of the IT Cell, while speaking to Rising Kashmir . He added, “All power consumers in Jammu will have Smart Meters by March next year , after which the entire region will operate under pre-paid mode.”

Sharma also said that consumers have been given a window under the amnesty schem

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