Sunday, January 16, 2011

Maharashtra Chief Minister put power-sale deal between Reliance Power and Abhijeet Group under scanner.


Maharashtra Chief Minister put power-sale deal between Reliance Power and Abhijeet Group under scanner.

Nagpur -16th January 2011
Maharshtra chief minister Prithiraj Chavan  has asked concerned authorities regarding serious complaint of  Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti (VJAS) urging him Maharashtra government to look into the issue of a power plant in Mihan-Sez in Nagpur" illegally" selling energy to Mumbai-based Reliance Power Trading Company.
Chief Minister has  sent Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti (VJAS)  for appropriate action to . A.M. KhanPrincipal secretary (Industries) who has asked concerned official to conduct detail inquiry in allged power selling agreement.

Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti (VJAS) in complaint added that the Abhijeet MADC Nagpur Energy Private Limited has floated the basic condition of environmental clearance has operating the unit number one without installing air pollution control devices  and added to that Abhijeet MADC Nagpur Energy Private Limited is using water  reserved for drinking and irrigation purpose of Hingana taluka villagers.

Referring to the Abhijeet MADC Nagpur Energy Private Limited's (AMNEPL) power sale agreement to sell its it's power to Reliance Power, VJA president Kishore Tiwari said the deal was illegal as AMNEPL has been financed and allowed to enjoy all tax benefits to supply power to SEZ industries. The same method was adopted earlier in the housing project of MIHAN-SEZ as flats reserved for SEZ employees were recklessly sold to private persons, he said in a release issued here. The decision of Nagpur Municipal Corporation(NMC) and Nagpur Improvement Trust(NIT) owned flagship company MADC Nagpur Energy Private Limited (AMNEPL), with private participation of Abhijeet Group of Nagpur, to enter in to a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Reliance Power Trading Company to sell electricity generated from the first unit of its plant was ridiculous, the release said." Though power is generated in and around Nagpur, very heavy charges for transmission losses are being taxed on Nagpur and Vidarbha consumers. Maharashtra Government should provide the power generated in the captive power plant of MIHAN-SEZ on subsidised rate to Nagpur based SEZ units," it said.

2 comments:

  1. Absolutely right. The chronic situation of treating Vidarbha as a colony and exploiting it thoroughly, must end.

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  2. so now what about those who have booked flats in the first city? what will be the procedure to get the refunds.. whom should we approch to get the right information and money refund??

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