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| NHPC says no to return of its projects to state | | Setback | |
Early Times Report
jammu, Nov 18: The National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) has rubbished the reports on the issue of return of power projects to Jammu & Kashmir Government and said that the Corporation never sought any project in the state. Those claiming that the NHPC will return the projects under its control in the state to Jammu & Kashmir Government are only creating confusion among the general public who is not aware of the actual position.
The Corporation also rebutted the claim that it has earned Rs 19000 crore in the past 14 years and said that the fact is that it has spent Rs 18,215 crore for the installation and development of its projects in the state.
"The NHPC is a Central government organization. However, reports have projected the NHPC as a private company. The NHPC is bound to abide by the rules and pay structures, allowances and perks as decided by the Government of India. Not a single rupee can be paid extra to any employee beyond the guidelines of the Central government," the NHPC has said.
The Corporation has further said that the corporation never sought any project in the state and that it was the Government of India and the Jammu & Kashmir Government which entered into agreement and "entrusted it with the responsibility of construction of various hydro-electric projects".
The Kishanganga Project was the last project taken up by the NHPC independently in 2009 and since then no project could constructed in the state "except the extension of Baglihar Stage-I and Stage-II" and "other major projects have not even been started due to various difficulties".
The Corporation also set the record straight by rejecting the claim that most of the employees working with the NHPC-run, controlled and managed projects were from outside the state. It has said "during the construction of the projects, thousands of personnel were employed in various projects who were mainly from the state" and that "these projects have been running for the past 30 years but there was not a single instance of failure of any structural component".
The Jammu & Kashmir Government has been urging the Union Government to ask the NHPC to return its projects to it, saying the state government has been suffering huge losses. The PDP-BJP agenda of alliance also talks about the return of at least two NHPC-controlled projects to the state government, namely Dulhasti and Uri Hydro Electric Projects. Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh, who is from the BJP, has repeatedly said that the government was working out modalities with the Central government to get back power projects from NHPC Limited.
The assertion of the NHPC that it is not a private company but an instrument of the Government of India has been construed by the state government as a great set back. Of course, the state government has insisted that the matter is under discussion and it will get at least Dulhasti and Uri Hydro Electric Projects. There are reasons to believe that the NHPC will not return even these two projects because if it is done in Jammu & Kashmir, other states would also raise similar demands. |
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