Despite being poor state and
incumbent chief minister being serious to eradicate corruption, certain
officials at the helm of affairs seems to be hell bent to deceive and defame
the both state as well as chief minister by continuing the corrupt
practice. Instead of abiding orders of
chief minister to make the state a model state officers particularly in some
departments are working with hierarchy to misuse official position.
Glaring instance to this is that
Power Development Department (PDD) instead of executing its order no
DC/PD/TO-I/571 dated 29-06-2010, wherein orders were issued for imposition of
penalties on sharing of sites, HT metering and blanket sanctions had become
time barred are to be cancelled with immediate effect, besides DG metering was
mandatory according to J&K Electricity Duty Act 1963. PDD has reversed the
existing its orders for the reasons well known to them.
In response to the chief
minister’s letter regarding allegation of violation of Electricity Act by
Telecom Operators, Power Development Commissioner , vide DC/PD/TO-II/156a/1561
dated 28-01-2011 has mentioned that several hurdles faced by operators unable
them to fulfil the prescribed norms set by Electricity Act. Replying to Chief
Minister’s letter vide CMS/ Gen/21/ 2010 dated 21 January 2011,Power
Development Commissioner has put forth demands of TSPs and mentioned that in HT
metering TSPs failed to execute the same at few places due to law and order
problems. But fact of the matter is that from 2008 December onwards orders were
issued by then Commissioner /Secretary Power for executing HT metering at TSP
sites. Instead of doing so TSPs started moving from pillar to post to evade the
process. Finally they approached Electricity Commission wherein Power
Development Commissioner Office submitted that arrears worth several crores
lying pending with TSPs and the conditions of HT infrastructure were in
shambled state in most of the Bts sites.
Keeping in view the above facts
Electricity Commission directed both TSPs and PDD to remove dispensaries within
HT infrastructure and recover the pending arrears at the earliest. Jammu and
Kashmir State Electricity Regulatory Commission vide order no JKSERC/15 and
JKSERC/ 85/390-91 dated 29-12-2009 ordered that existing BTS sites metered on
LT shall be metered with HT metering units by June 30, 2010. Only 25% metering was done in Jammu till 30
June whereas in Valley turmoil started from June 15, 2010 onwards and only 10%
metering was done. It is out of place to mention that there are hunderds of
11kv CTPT manufacturers in north India,which could have supplied the whole lot
in a month time,Despite that the false statement is given regarding the
shortage of the 11 kv CTPT shortage in the market deliberately to avoid
penalties imposed thereof to Tsps.In
regard to first in the state to do DTR metering at HT,The industry sector was
first to do Ht metering in the state and the statement given by Development
Commissioner Power office is false and fictious without any ground in it .
Similarly, in case of quality of
electric works DCP mentions that operators agreed that quality of work does not
match as advised by in guidelines vide communication DC/PD/TO-II/42/3073-76
dated 01-01-2011 and accepted to follow the same in letter and spirit. One
fails to understand that what were the officers doing for the past five years
and why are they in a mood to defend TSPs. Sources in the department informed
that for merely monetary benefits and jobs to their kin in various telecom
companies at top positions is reason behind that these officers have benefited
to TSPs at the cost of huge exchequer loss of the state. The most of the Bts
sites HT infrastructure is not according to the gudielines issued time to time by the Development Commissioner
office and all the rules framed by the government in erection of the HT
infrastructure are fully violated
everywhere on the sites of Tsps.
Power Development Department
vide order no DC/PD/TO-I/571 date 29-06-2010 and CEJ/TS/I/BTS/1912-26 dated
29-06-2010 imposed penalties on sharing of infrastructure at BTS sites from
past some years but as per new DCP orders vide no DC/PD/TO-II/156a/1561 dated
28-01-2011 stated that BTS shared sites are not involved in resale of power. As
per IP sharing license with telecom companies it is mandatory to provide
infrastructure, space and power to other operators at BTS sites. Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) and IP sharing licence guide lines clearly indicates that
revenue collection, infrastructure, power and space charges should be collected
from other TSPs. Despite knowing all the facts that the state Electricity
Commission and government has not approved IP sharing licence or MoU of telecom
companies the orders were reversed in a dramatic situation resulting in huge
loss of state exchequer.
Informed sources said that on
the account of ED generation, PDD failed to recover charges applicable there
upon from the last nine years but DCP in his reply to CM has mentioned waving
off the charges. One fails to understand who should be held responsible for
huge loss of state exchequer in the exercise.
In addition to all these facts several sites are running on power
without having completed formalities including NOC by pollution control board,
municipality, district administration, and without blanket sanction from
administrative department.
Many sites are running from several
years without obtaining periodical inspection certificate from TTIC wing.
Development Commissioner Power in his letter stated that inspection of sites is
going on in full swing and TSPs have agreed to follow the guidelines issued by his
office, but where was the inspection division for the past so many years and
M&RE divisions, remains billion dollar question to be answered. On grounds,
in fact, there is nothing like as stated in response letter of Development
Commissioner Power to CMs secretariat.
Informed sources said that even
Technical Officer of Development Commissioner Power have assured to TSPs that
till he is on his chair no one can dare to recover penalties from them and he
will see what will the CM secretariat will do in the matter without his good
will, as if he is emperor of PDD and not merely a servant of public.
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