Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 31: Jammu and Kashmir Electrical Contractors Association today protested against the Government for failing to release the pending bills.
Scores of contractors assembled at the Press Enclave here and raised slogans in favour of demands. The contractors demanded the release of their “long pending” bills and blamed the department concerned for “deliberately delaying the payment.”
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They said that they are working under Restructured Accelerated Power Development Reforms Programme(R-APDRP) scheme launched by the Government of India through PDD. “A Kolkata based private company EMC Power Limited received the tender in the year 2014 and hired us (Contractors) to do the task of installing transformers, wiring and installation of other different electrical material,” the protestors, said, adding the bills against the completed works are pending in the department since long.
Mohammad Iqbal Wani, President J&K Electrical Contractors Association alleged that the power development department is creating unnecessary hurdles in the release of their due payments.
He said that they have borrowed loans from banks and other financial institutions after mortgaging ancestral, parental and other properties to which they have been paying a huge sum of interest. The loan amount has piled manifold due to nonpayment of installments.
He also appealed Governor to intervene in the matter. He also threatened to uninstall all charged transformers in case their payment is not released immediately.
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