ET PLUS report
Srinagar, Mar 10: While JKTDC recently claimed to have earned substantial revenue of Rs.16.35 crore till Dec. 2012, it is a pity that it continues to be a major defaulter by not paying a whooping amount of more than Rs 50 lacs towards power tariff in Pahalgam hill station alone where it has more than 40 tourist huts.
The documents received from Chief Engineer PDD Kashmir under RTI Act available with Early Time Plus reveal that JK TDC hasn't paid power dues for last over a year and the tourist huts are illegally using the electricity at Pahalgam.
Early Time Plus recently exposed many Government departments for not paying power tariff worth lakhs. The major defaulters of electricity tariff in the valley is the Public Health Engineering, Irrigation and Flood Control departments which has failed to pay Rs 184 crores till few months back. Similarly, Roads & Buildings Department owes Rs 1 crore, Revenue Department Rs 2 crore, Animal Husbandry Department Rs 1 crore, Education Department Rs 2 crore, Urban Local bodies Rs 2.43 crore, Municipal Councils/Committees Rs 4 crore, Rural Development Department Rs 98 lakh, Technical
Education Department Rs 72 lakh, Finance Department Rs 37 lakh, Sericulture Department Rs 6 lakh, Horticulture Department Rs 66 lakh, State Road Transport Corporation Rs 15 lakh and Judiciary Rs 18 lakh to PDD as power tariff charges in Kashmir valley alone. Surprisingly, Power Development Department and State Power Development Corporation are also the electricity tariff defaulters. Both have respectively Rs 2 crore and Rs 1 crore outstanding against them.
In Jammu division , the government departments owe Rs 629 crore to PDD. According to the government data, PHE Department has an outstanding of Rs 362 crore and Medical Education Department is a defaulter to the tune of Rs 23 crore.
Like Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Police and Education Department owe Rs 5 crore and Rs 6 crore to PDD respectively in Jammu region. The other defaulters include Forest Department (Rs 2 crore), Director General Prisons (Rs 2 crore), Technical Education (Rs 2 crore), Department of Tourism (Rs 20 crore) and Roads & Buildings Department (Rs 30 crore) are among the biggest defaulters of PDD in Jammu province. And all other major and minor departments in the region are debtors of PDD.
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