BHUBANESWAR:
The Odisha BJP on Saturday held the State Government responsible for problems
like shortage of electricity, load shedding, unscheduled power cuts in the
State.
Party’s
spokesperson Samir Mohanty in a Press release said the State Government is
talking too much instead of increasing generation of power. Adding salt into
consumers’ wounds, the Central Electricity Supply Utility (CESU) of Odisha has issued
notice for power cut in nine districts.
Mohanty
said the State gets 40 per cent power from hydro power projects, 25 per cent
from thermal power projects and the rest 35 per cent purchase from thermal
power plants of private industries established in the State. “It is very
unfortunate that the State signs MoU with industries and forgets to generate
power on its own,” he said, adding, “Due to Government’s lack of
foresightedness, common people suffer a lot.”
The
spokesperson said two units of the Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC)
had been installed during the nineties and other two units are yet to be
completed. Out of the two OPGC units, one is not producing power due to
technical problem, he added.
“The
power sector of the State is encountered with several problems. Instead of
solving the matter, the Ministers and Secretaries are clarifying that they
don’t have power cut problem in the State which is proved as false by the
people,” said Mohanty and added that the State Government should admit its fault.
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