STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Bari Brahmana Industries Association (BBIA) expressed serious concern about the frequent power cuts and tripping of power supply in industrial complex due to which the unit holders are facing problem and their production activity disturbed result in huge financial loss in spite of the fact that 24 hour uninterrupted power supply commitment of the government.
In this regard, a meeting of Bari Brahmana Industries Association (BBIA) was held under its President Lalit Mahajan to discuss the deteriorating power supply in SIDCO Industrial Complex, Bari Brahmana.
The association members strongly flayed the working of Power Development Department (PDD) where nobody is accountable for repeated power failures in the Industrial Area for the power supply being fed through 50X2 MW Grid Station and BB-I Receiving Station. The receiving stations are in shamble due to non availability of spares, damaged panels and it will take hours to restore the power supply in case of any break down in the system, they added.
“The matter was brought in to the notice of Chief Engineer System Operation number of times and he informed us that the tripping is due to increase in the load whereas contrary to that the fresh power connections were held up due to constrains in the line and it is a matter of great concern that how the load increased in last 15 days for which the department is unable to give any positive reply,” President BBIA said.
Further the Dy. Chief Minister, who is also Power Minister has given Rs.70 lakh to PDD for a new 33KV Line which was already installed in the complex long back but is lying un used due to the reason that the bay is not available at the Grid Station due to not availability of parts as the same were shifted to some other places resulting huge resentment amongst the industrial units situated in the industrial complex whose connections are pending since long and they are unable to start the production and paying huge interest to the financial institutes from whom they borrowed money for the setting up of their units, he stated.
BBIA appealed to the Dy. Chief Minister Dr. Nirmal Singh to intervene in this matter and issue necessary orders to resolve the issue on war footing for providing uninterrupted power supply to industrial sector of Bari Brahmana.
The meeting was also attended by Rahul Bansal, Senior Vice President BBIA, Varun Singla Vice President BBIA, Ajay Langer General Secretary BBIA and Viraaj Malhotra Treasurer BBIA.