Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 14: An urgent meeting of Bari Brahmana Industries Association (BBIA) was held today under the chairmanship of its president Lalit Mahajan, to discuss the deteriorating power supply in SIDCO Industrial complex, Bari Brahmana, Jammu for the last 15 days.
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 Receiving Stations are in shamble due to non availability of Spares, Damaged Panels and it will take hours to restore the power supply in case of any break down in the system.
The members raised serious concern about the frequent tripping of power supply from the 50X2MVA Grid Station and BBI receiving Station in Bari Brahmana Industrial complex due to which the unit holders are facing problem and their production activity disturbed resulting huge financial loss in spite of the fact that 24 hour uninterrupted power supply was commitment of the Government.
“The matter was brought in to the notice of Chief Engineer System Operation number of times and he informed us that the Tripping is due to increase in the Load whereas contrary to that the fresh power connections were held up due to constrains in the Line and it is a matter of great concern that how the Load increased in last 15 days for which the department is unable to give any positive reply,” the Association members said.
“During our last meeting held with the Chief Engineer, it was disclosed to us that at present the total functional Load on 50x2MVA Grid Station is 60MVA against the 100 MVA capacity and we do not understand the reason given by the department in respect of overloading of the Lines,” they added.
The BBIA appealed to the Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh, who is the Power Minister, to intervene into this matter and issue necessary orders to resolve the issue on war footing basis for providing uninterrupted power supply to Industrial sector of Bari Brahmana.
The meeting was attended by Rahul Bansal, Varun Singla, Ajay Langer, Viraaj Malhotra and others.
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