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Jharkhand Foundation - News
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| Munda approves the project for construction of a modern conference hall at state secretariat. | | | Chief minister Arjun Munda approves the project for construction of a modern conference hall at state secretariat. The total cost of the project is around Rs 11.58 crore. | | | Posted on : 2012-10-11 14:52:48 | |
| Damodar Valley Corporation to further cut supply to Jharkhand State Electricity Board | | | The Damodar Valley Corporation(DVC) is faced with the uphill task of fulfilling its target under the 'Power For All-2012' mission. "Acute financial crisis has, however, stalled the progress of the task at hand," said Sanjay Kumar Singh, general secretary of the DVC officers' forum at a press conference soon after returning from Delhi.
He had led a delegation of the officers' forum to apprise the Centre and secretary of economic affairs, Government of India, Arvind Ram, about the acute shortage of finances caused by the non-payment of dues, amount to Rs 5,136 crore, by the Jharkhand State Electricity Board(JSEB). The DVC, which has been generating 2,857 MW , including hydel power since its inception, was set a target of 8,570 MW of power by the Centre.
The DVC is in dire need of financial aid of Rs 36,500 crore, of which the corporation was in a position to spend about Rs 12,500 crore. For meeting the balance amount, it will have to collect the same from its customers who are various power boards of Jharkhand and West Bengal.
Talkinging further, Singh said that in order to settle the dispute, a meeting between DVC and JSEB was held in July in New Delhi at the insistence of the Centre. In the meeting, JSEB was asked to make regular payment of bills for energy consumption. Though JSEB agreed to pay monthly dues along with part of previous dues, it failed to fulfill the promise. He alleged that instead of paying monthly bills of Rs 72 to 75 crore, the JSEB is paying only Rs 50 crore, which is further increasing the dues every month. He said, "We have demanded that the Centre should deduct the share of central aid to JSEB and adjust it with DVC so that the increasing arrear amount comes down." DVC is thinking of further cut in power supply to JSEB in order to minimize its loss. The Centre has assured the officer's forum delegation to resolve the crisis. | | | Posted on : 2012-10-11 14:51:21 | |
| JMM to continue supporting UPA at Centre: Soren | | | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha president Shibu Soren has said he would continue to support the UPA government at the Centre.
Talking to reporters, he, however, said that he was opposed to policies that hurt the common people.
He said that he would speak to Chief Minister Arjun Munda to give three additional subsidised LPG cylinders to consumers in Jharkhand.
Soren, who is the chairman of the coordination committee of the ruling coalition in the state, urged the Centre to make arrangements for fertilisers and seeds for the farmers of Jharkhand
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