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Posted by: "devesh pant" deveshpant2002@yahoo.co.in deveshpant2002
Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:35 am (PDT)
Editor,
The Garhwal Post,
Via Email
Sir,
Today's front page news should arouse every Uttarakhandi.Selling off Uttarakhand' s Hydro-Power houses is putting a knife into our very hearts so to say. Cheap power was the gift which these Power Stations have presented to Uttarakhandis. These were the perpetual gold-mines, which have benefited Uttarakhandis because of their very low generation cost @ 29 Paise or so.
It is incrdible that a sane Government can think of privatising them. Cheap power will dissappear the moment private parties grab these stations.
This smacks of Grand Larceny - a colossal conspiracy to steal our precious resources. A public-spirited drive to prevent this happening spearheaded by The Garhwal Post is URGENTLY called for. I am sure a PIL could be filed to prevent this and simultaneously the present Government must be brought to account.
These form the heart of our economy from the time of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Dr. KL Rao. Such a cheap and perpetual source of power cannot be found anywhere in the country.
There is no doubt the Khanduri Government must be held to account. There must be interested private parties lobbying for this sell-off so it is a task for Garhwal Post to undertake investigative journalism. Mr. Arun Pratap Singh must go around UJVNL offices to find out more about the machinations.
These Hydro-Power Stations were the result of meticulous planning and diligent upkeep from the past so any attempt to sell them off for so-called refurbishment has to be thoroughly investigated. Every aspect of such a move must be scanned by experts. If the Khanduri Government is hell-bent on doing so it is also time the Congress stepped in to examine every aspect. Congress big-wigs must go deep into this.
If this sell-off is done it will be good -bye forever to Uttarakhan'd cheap power.Garhwal Post had published scathingly critical articles of Pro Bone Publico on the present Government's so-called 'New power Policy' sometimes in mid-December 2007. These must be read for insight into the machinations that prevail.
As a retired engineer I can say that this present move stinks of corrupt practices. It is nothing short of gross betrayal of our aspirations by this Government or what passes for it.
Yours faithfully,
Devesh 'Darshan' Pant,
Retired Deputy GM,
(of erstwhile UPSEB),
Consultant to the then Uttaranchal Government in early 2001,
Conultant Power to Administrative Reforms Commission of Uttarakhand ( ending Dec '07)
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Re: Selling off Uttarakhand's Hydro-Power houses is plunging a knife
Posted by: "Anurag Bist" anurag.bist@yahoo.com anurag.bist
Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:48 am (PDT)
This is indeed a shocking news. Selling off public onwed assets to private companies has no sound basis at all. While, the government provides services and facilities to the people without the profit as a motive, private companies on the other hand, thrive on the business of profit making. No wonder, in future they might even create artificial shortages to boost up the price of power per unit. I mean, how can we sell of these assets, which belong to the people of the states to private parties? There is a huge epic of corruption being written in Uttarakhand with BC Khanduri at the helm.
Khanduri recently laid the foundation stone for Chief Minister Residence in Dehradun, that would cost 18 crore to the state exchequer. Now, when the issue of state capital is still under consideration, can our state bear such enormous expenses? How about establishing new primary schools, high schools, degree colleges, upgradation of hospitals, introduction of ambulance helicopters for each district head quarter or atleast getting the issue of permanent capital fixed. No, Khanduri has a limited understanding of these issues, but he knows his politics too well.
I was never an admirer of Khanduri and never even once I had this doubt in my mind, that he is the most incapable and incompetent person to hold the CM's chair in Uttarakhand, because for me, he chose his way around the political corridors by sucking up to the higher ups in the party. His erstwhile designation as Union Minister for Transport and now as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, despite not fighting the state assembly elections, points to this fact.
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