Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 26: Bari Brahmana Industries Association (BBIA) has alleged that Government Departments have failed to release the payments of the Small Scale Industrial (SSI) units in the State.
An urgent meeting of the BBIA was held today under the chairmanship of presidentship of Lalit Mahajan in the presence of Tarun Singla senior vice president, Ajay Langer vice president, Viraaj Malhotra general secretary and others to discuss the acute financial crisis being faced by the local SSI units due to non- release of payment of crores of rupees by various Govt Departments like PHE and Power Development Department for procured material.
It is pertinent to mention here that bills for the supply made to PDD and PHE Department by the SSI Units amounting to crores of rupees are lying in the Govt Treasury Gandhi Nagar to clear the liability of Electric Central Store Division, Jammu, EM&RE Division Gandhi Nagar, Jammu and PHE Department Jammu due to non- availability of the funds.
Further, Power Development Department is clearing the bills of Industrial Units for the supply of materials under the Saubhagya Scheme on the basis of pick and choose basis for the reason best known to the concerned Executive Engineers to whom the bills have been sent for the verification by the Department in spite of the fact that the bills submitted by the SSI sector duly supported by the acknowledgement for the material received by concerned Executive Engineers as per the supply order and the requisite funds already received by PDD department from Govt. of India.
It is unjustified on the part of the PDD to withhold the payments of SSI Units which we termed it as a deliberate attempt of the concerned officials of the Department. They said the SSI units are on the verge of Closer due to non release of payments in time.
BBIA appealed to the Governor Satya Pal Malik and Advisor KK Sharma to intervene in to the matter and issue necessary orders for the immediate release of funds to Govt Treasury Gandhi Nagar, Jammu.
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