Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 8: J&K BJP spokesperson YV Sharma today asked the Power Development Department to come out with a white paper on the reasons about why they can’t provide 24×7 electricity to the electricity consumers even after spending thousands of crores in J&K for reforms in power sector.
He pointed out that the Government of India has been pretty liberal in providing funds to J&K for reforms in power sector, but the end result has not been commensurate with the funds provided. He regretted that the people of J&K experience the same issues related to power in 2023 as they were probably facing in 1990 or even earlier.
Sharma said even after spending thousands of crores of rupees into implementation of new schemes and capacity addition the consumers have to face power cuts then what is the great idea of spending this kind of public money.
He asked PDD to provide details in the white paper of the funds spent by them in last 20 years and what kind of capacities have been added in J&K with Jammu in particular in transmission and distribution sector for the consumers to know the facts. He also questioned the PDD as to when can the people of J&K expect a relief from the debilitating power cuts.
The BJP spokesperson also questioned PDD’s wisdom to allot more power to Kashmir than Jammu when it is an open knowledge that Jammu consumes less electricity but generates more revenue while as Kashmir consumes more power than Jammu and collects less revenue. YV Sharma raised questions about the ethics of such blatant discrimination.
Finally, YV Sharma advised PDD to come up with a white paper within next 10 days so that the power consumers of J&K are aware of what electricity sector holds for them in days to come.
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