BBIA charges JPDCL with failure to provide uninterrupted power supply

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Daily Excelsior
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Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 30: Bari Brahmana Industries Association (BBIA) has charged the Jammu Power Development Corporation (JPDCL) with failure to provide uninterrupted power supply to industrial units in the area.
An urgent meeting of BBIA was held today under the chairmanship of President Lalit Mahajan in presence of others to discuss the issue regarding the unscheduled power cuts imposed by SLDC Division of Power Development Department since last few days.
During the course of discussions, members raised serious concern towards the unscheduled power cuts imposed by SLDC wing during day and night resulting huge losses to the Industrial Units working in Industrial hub of Bari Brahmana inspite of the facts that Department is collecting Rs 175 crores annual Revenue from the Bari Brahmana Industrial Complex.
“It is unfortunate to note that the power supply from BB-I and BB-2 Grid and Receiving Station remains switched off without any intimation and when contacted the Chief Engineer M&RE and System & Operation, always gives executes that power supply was switched off by SLDC Division of the PDD without any intimation which shows the lack of coordination between the different wings of PDD resulting huge financial losses to Industrial sector as well as to JPDCL,” they explained and alleged frequent Power cuts without any intimation to the unit holders resulting huge financial losses to them.
They further said that due to non availability of Technical staff and Linemen in the Industrial Complex, Bari Brahmana, it takes hours to rectify the faults at Grid Stations as well as to repair the 33 KV Lines and 11KV Feeders.
“We request Rajesh Prasad, Principal Secretary, PDD and Shiv Anant Tayal, Managing Director, JPDCL to kindly intervene in to the matter to ensure regular power supply to Industrial units with the deployment of adequate staff and Linemen with the directions to the Chief Engineer M&RE and System & Operation, Jammu for 24 hours power supply to the Industrial units of Bari Brahmana without any unscheduled power cuts,” said the BBIA members.
Tarun Singla, Sr Vice President; Ajay Langer, Vice President; Viraaj Malhotra, General Secretary; Rajesh Jain, Secretary and Vivek Singhal, Treasurer BBIA and other Members were present in the meeting.

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