NEW DELHI, Aug 20: A Parliamentary Panel has pulled up the Ministry of Railways over the delay in recovery of outstanding dues from State Electricity Boards and Power Houses and said this huge amount could be used in some productive areas in Railways.
The Standing Committee on Railways, in its latest report, said one of the major components of the outstanding dues is ” Station Outstanding”. ”Out of the total station, outstandings of Rs 1,764.09 crore at the end of May, around Rs 783.71 crore that is 44.42 per cent owe to various State Electricity Board (SEBs)/Power Houses(PHs),” the Panel said.
The Committee said out of Rs 783.71 crore, the major outstanding dues of Rs 446.96 crore are against Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), Rs 45.33 crore against Rajasthan State Electricity Board (RSEB), Rs 114.28 crore against Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB), Rs 46.37 crore against Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB), Rs 38.76 crore against West Bengal State Electricity Board and Rs 60.54 crore against Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Board.
The Panel said the outstanding dues against SEBs/PHs have slightly decreased to Rs 783.71 crore in May from Rs 869.36 crore in May last year. In view of the foregoing, the Committee feels that there is an urgent need to initiate concrete steps by the Ministry of Railways against those SEBs/PHs having major share of outstanding dues for recovery of the same at the highest level so as to recover these outstanding dues.
”This will help in deploying the vital resources in some productive areas in Railways,” the Panel added.
(UNI)
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