The BJP Thursday alleged “large-scale monetary mismanagement” by the Capital’s energy distribution firms (discoms) and demanded an audit by the Comptroller and Auditor Normal (CAG). Nonetheless, defending the businesses, the AAP said that Delhi’s energy discoms “have yr after yr been rated the perfect within the nation”.
Non-public firms, which personal 51% stake within the energy corporations, share equal accountability and have “collectively introduced these energy discoms to the brink of chapter”, stated Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva. The Delhi authorities owns the remaining 49% stake. “… all three discoms promote electrical energy on the similar price, procure it from an identical sources, and use the identical Transco community for provide. But, solely one in every of them persistently earns revenue, whereas the opposite two incur losses,” he alleged.
The “two loss-making discoms” function in a novel approach, he claimed. “The non-public agency managing their operations ensures full fee to the 4 sources that might halt provide for non-payment however doesn’t pay two Delhi authorities firms on time or in full for the electrical energy it purchases from them,” he stated, calling for a probe.
The AAP said the BJP’s aim was to “acquire management, hand assets over to their industrialist ‘associates’, and make unusual residents pay the worth”. “In the event that they seize energy in Delhi, they are going to make electrical energy as pricey right here as they’ve in each different state they rule,” the occasion stated.
