Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 4: Bari Brahmana Industrial Association (BBIA) has expressed strong resentment against unscheduled power cuts in the entire industrial area for the last several weeks.
In a meeting of the Association held here today under the chairmanship of Annil Suri, its president, the speakers discussed the deteriorating power supply position to the Industry in Bari Brahmana area. The members strongly flayed the PDD authorities and said that nobody appears to be accountable for it in the entire department from top to bottom despite the fact that Chief Minister himself is holding its charge.
Mr Suri said that industrialists are facing huge financial losses due to long power cuts and the department is not taking this issue seriously. The production in the units is badly hit with erratic power cuts. He said the matter was also discussed with the Chief Engineer M&RE Jammu several times but no action has been taken in this regard. Even the suggestions of the BBIA have been turned down by the department concerned. Birpur and other areas also facing the similar problem, he said.
The BBIA members said that Bari Brahmana Industrial area is contributing over Rs 100 crore towards power bills but department hardly spends 1 % of it on maintenance or augmentation. They sought the intervention of Chief Minister in this regard and demanded that power supply position be improved.
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