Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 8: Bari Brahmana Industries Association (BBIA) has strongly criticised the Power Development Department (PDD) for imposing frequent power cuts in the industrial area.
In a meeting of the BBIA held at Association Bhawan today under the chairmanship of Lalit Mahajan, president BBIA to discuss the deteriorating power supply in SIDCO Industrial Complex, Bari Brahmana, Jammu for the last few months, the members expressed strong resentment over the attitude of the PDD authorities.
The Association members strongly flayed the working of Power Development Department (PDD) where nobody is accountable for repeated power failures in the Industrial Area for the power supply being fed through 50X2 MW Grid Station & BB-I Receiving Station.
The members present in the meeting raised serious concern about the working of Power Development Department (PDD) as the industrial feeders were termed as ‘fair weather feeders’ and on the first instance of a drizzle, the electricity supply to industries always cut & it takes long time to restore the same. The department is not taking this issue seriously due to which the industrialists are facing huge financial losses, including production loss & machinery breakdown. Even in case of any power break down in the night shift, no one is available to rectify the fault, they maintained.
The members also raised the matter related to the pending cases of power sanction of Industrial units lying with the Department due to overloading of 33 KVA line from Grid Station to BB-2 Receiving Station for which the department has shown its inability to upgrade the line to accommodate the new connections resulting non- release of power sanction to the Industrial units which have invested crores of rupees and are unable to start the production and facing huge losses.
They pointed out that industries located in Bari Brahmana are contributing nearly Rs 140 crores towards the cost of power supplied to Industrial area but the Department is not serious about the maintenance of the Grid Stations.
BBIA members appealed the Chief Minister Mufti Mohd Sayeed and DyCM Dr Nirmal Singh and Industries Minister Chander Parkash to intervene into this matter and issue necessary orders for laying of “Bunch Cable” for 11 KV supply in the Industrial complex, upgradation of 33 KV line with the replacement of faulty equipments on war footing basis at the Grid Stations for providing uninterrupted power supply.
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