BJP fails to frame strategy to address power issues: Bhalla

Cong leader Raman Bhalla interacting with people in Bahu Fort area of Jammu.
Cong leader Raman Bhalla interacting with people in Bahu Fort area of Jammu.

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 23: Former minister and senior Congress leader, Raman Bhalla today expressed anguish over the ongoing anti-working class policies of Central Government which are causing innumerable hardships on the lives of common people in general and the working class in particular.
While interacting with the people in Bahu Fort area of Gandhinagar constituency today Bhalla said that the alarming unemployment, price rise of essential commodities, large scale disinvestment of public sector units, attack on social security system like pension, amendment in labour laws in favour of corporate, outsourcing, unbundling of Govt departments in a massive way with the abolition of permanent post has caused large scale resentment among the employees/ workers in almost all sectors. Bhalla added huge burden put on the working people by way of GST and withdrawal of subsidy on essential items of livehood are causing immeasurable suffering on the people.
Bhalla said that people in various areas of Jammu are receiving exuberant electricity bills and are running from pillar to post for getting it rectified but to no avail. Moreover, adding to their woes, the electricity department has also cut the connection as they failed to pay the bill. But the people are not at fault as PDD failed to collect monthly rent and now serving them yearly bills asking them to pay in one go. The PDD needs to put its own house in order vis-à-vis T&D losses, improvement in revenue collection etc.
Former minister further said that BJP Govt has failed to introduce any initiatives for upgrading the power sector which could have a long-time impact on power generation and distribution so that the consumers get 24×7 power supply and 100 per cent electrification.  Nothing has been done in the housing and urban development sector which could be instrumental in ensuring that the people of the state get quality facilities of modern urban living, failed to ensure J&K comes up as one of the model UT in the country,” he said.
He said there is no clarity and set procedure in public domain to reduce AT&C losses, strengthen the sub-transmission distribution network and electrification of un-electrified household schemes like RAPDRP, IPDS, DDUGJY & RGGVY Phase-II and Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP). Having vast hydro power potential from where electricity is being supplied to several parts of India, but this is the reality that electricity generated in J&K is illuminating thousands of homes in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan but new Union Territory is suffering from want of power, Bhalla added.

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