Jammu, March 21 (UNI) In a major step towards ensuring uninterrupted power supply, the Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said the areas being installed with Smart Meters will be made curtailment free along with supply of quality power to the end user. "From today, 6603 smart meter households connected to four feeders of Jammu will receive quality electricity," announced the Lt Governor during a function here. He however, appealed to the people to install smart meters and help the administration in controlling theft and reducing wasteful consumption. "The move will enable consumers to monitor their power consumption behavior and regulate it accordingly," said Sinha adding that the Pre-paid feature, to be enabled in the coming days, will provide desired flexibility in the consumption of electricity to the consumers. Similar arrangements are being emulated in Kashmir as well, he added. For the last seven decades, no credible efforts were made to increase neither the power capacity nor the transmission and distribution capacity was strengthened, the Lt Governor said. "The present government, for the last one and half year, is making sustained efforts to ensure reliable power supply to consumers, besides reducing transmission losses and improving distribution efficiency", he further added. UNI VBH SY 1637