New Delhi: Delhi Power Minister Haroon Yusuf stated that BJP is all
out to mislead people of Delhi by making hue & cry over water and power
issues whereas it has never been interested in joining discussion on these
issues in the Assembly. Sh. Yusuf while replying to a debate on short
notice discussion on water, power & LPG moved by Sh. Mukesh Sharma and Dr.
Narendra Nath, stated that the days of inverters, DG sets and power riots are
now part of the history as people are getting quality power 24X7.
Even Hon’ble Supreme Court on 23.11.2012
appreciated the power scenario in Delhi and acknowledged the best results from
the privatization in the Capital city. Sh. Yusuf further stated that
during 1993-98, the power situation was terrible as Hon’ble MLAs had to save their
skin being scared of people’s wrath over non-availability of power and
mismanagement in DVB. The demand at that time was 2800 MW which touched
today 5700 MW, the government met it successfully.
During
2002, prior to privatization the issue of power was treated as the foremost
topic, during 2006 it relegated to third position and in 2012 power is not at
all an issue. This is enough to realize the success of
privatization. Delhi Government saved an amount of Rs. 30,000 cr., which
would have been provided to DVB if privatization had not taken place. The
amount has been utilized for infrastructure development, hence, making Delhi a
world-class city. In order to overcome blackout like situation in Delhi
due to gross indiscipline in national grid by other states, the city government
approached the Union Power Ministry to provide an islanding facility for
Delhi. This is the biggest achievement of the government, which would go
a long way in ensuring uninterrupted power supply. Sh. Yusuf added that
DERC has prerogative to decide power tariff. Delhi has been liberal as
far as power tariff is concerned. The tariff was not hiked between
2006-07 to 2010-11. We have brought substantial deduction in AT&C
losses. On water front, Sh. Yusuf stated that the city government is
striving hard to ensure equitable distribution. It has increased
generation from 410 MGD to 875 MGD during last 13 years. There is no move
to privatize DJB. On LPG Sh. Yusuf stated that the city government has
announced three more subsidized cylinders for BPL families covered under Delhi
Kerosene-free scheme. It had also given substantial relief of Rs.50/- per
cylinder across the board in the past.
Initiating
debate Sh. Mukesh Sharma stated that 99.1% in Delhi are having electricity
connection. The government has dispensed with development charges on
electric connection. The per capita consumption of power is 1450 against
national figure of 775. During 1993-98 incidents of 1500 power riots were
recorded whereas during last 14 years there is no such case. The power
demand has raised from 2879 MW to 5700 MW. The city government used to
face loss of around Rs.1500 cr. per year prior to privatization.
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