There appears palpable movement at the level of the Government and the PDD for improving power supply position in the State, and more particularly. during the winter that is now round the corner. The G overnment expects that people at large will welcome its decision of floating public bonds worth Rs. 7000 crore to liquidate liabilities that accumulated over the years in Power Department. The gap between power purchase bill and the revenue generated by the PDD has been widening year after year, and it had come to optimum beyond which the Department was not able to stand the stress. Despite many efforts of the Department to plug pilferage of power and improve transmission system, not much success was achieved in bridging the gap. Deputy Chief Minister, who is also in charge of Power Department has rightly emphasized that floating of public bonds will not adversely affect functioning of the PDD or lead to increase in power tariff but stabilize working of the Department.
It is yet premature to speculate on the results of floating the public bonds. We very much hope that the prediction of the Deputy Chief Minister proves true. Nevertheless, to imagine that power supply position in the State will make any significant improvement is a debatable question. People very much like that some positive steps are taken to improve power supply position. However, what the effective steps would be, they are not able to presage. We very much like the idea of dedicated power supply, as is envisioned by the Chief Minister, brings result. Apart from tourist spots, shrines of pilgrimage also will come within the fold of dedicated power supply. What actually matters is how far these ideas are translated into practice. The CM wants the concerned officials and functionaries to move along the directed path. All depends on how they behave and how seriously they take the instructions from higher authorities. The idea of helping the defaulters to clear arrears of payment is welcome. Give a trial to it, and the results should be closely monitored.
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