Will free public from private discoms: BJP
13 Aug 2013 5:21 AM IST
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday while launching its campaign for the assembly polls scheduled for the later part of the year promised the people of Delhi ‘freedom from private discoms’. It also promised to lower power tariff.
At a reasonably well-attended rally at the Ramlila Maidan here, Delhi BJP president Vijay Goel announced that they would order a CAG audit of all power companies operating in Delhi. Goel alleged that consumers were being ‘fleeced’ by private power distribution companies in connivance with Delhi Government.
He also unveiled a 10-point formula to bring down the electricity tariff. Explaining his formula, Goel compared the power sector with telecom sector and wondered why the electricity tariff cannot be brought down if competition is encouraged among various discoms, on the lines of call rates that came down drastically following competition among telecom companies.
‘In 1996, mobile rate for incoming and outgoing was Rs 16 and now it is 30 paisa. Because of competition, the rates came down. The day we come to power, we will make discoms compete with each other,’ Goel said. At present, each of the three private power distribution companies operates in separate areas and there is no competition among them. ‘We will bring these companies under RTI,’ he added.
At a reasonably well-attended rally at the Ramlila Maidan here, Delhi BJP president Vijay Goel announced that they would order a CAG audit of all power companies operating in Delhi. Goel alleged that consumers were being ‘fleeced’ by private power distribution companies in connivance with Delhi Government.
He also unveiled a 10-point formula to bring down the electricity tariff. Explaining his formula, Goel compared the power sector with telecom sector and wondered why the electricity tariff cannot be brought down if competition is encouraged among various discoms, on the lines of call rates that came down drastically following competition among telecom companies.
‘In 1996, mobile rate for incoming and outgoing was Rs 16 and now it is 30 paisa. Because of competition, the rates came down. The day we come to power, we will make discoms compete with each other,’ Goel said. At present, each of the three private power distribution companies operates in separate areas and there is no competition among them. ‘We will bring these companies under RTI,’ he added.
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