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AND ABOUT MUCH HYPED SUCCESS ON POWER FRONT
Power Shortage
Janhit Cong takes out torch procession
Tribune News Service
Yamunanagar, January 11
A large number of workers of the Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) took out a torch procession to protest against the ongoing power shortage and unscheduled long power cuts in the state here today.
The protest disrupted traffic on the Ambala-Jagadhri stretch of NH-73 and traffic jams were seen on the march route. The workers also protested against the deteriorating law and order situation in the state and increasing clout of land mafia.
The march, which was led by secretary of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee and senior leader of the Haryana Janhit Congress, Satpal Kaushik, started from Thappar ground and culminated at the mini-secretariat before passing through various parts of Yamunanagar and Jagadhri.
A delegation of workers, including Mahi Pal, Ravi Chaudhary, Ravi Mehra, Chander Bhan Kamboj, Nand Kishore Sharma, Balinder Singh and Sukbhir Bakana, later submitted a memorandum to the Haryana Governor through the city magistrate.
Addressing workers at the mini-secretariat, Kaushik said the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government in the state had failed on all fronts. He said the BPL survey list smelled of corruption as efforts had been made to benefit those who were close to Congress MLAs and MPs at the cost of poor people. He said the law and order situation had worsened and land mafia was active in the state. According to him, half of the prime land in the state was owned by businessmen and land developers.
Taking a dig at the Congress government’s claim that it would do its best to improve the power situation, Kaushik said there was no power in the state and power cuts were imposed for as long as 17 hours in a day in urban areas and 20 hours in rural areas. Industries, agricultural sector and the general public were suffering due to power shortage.
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Entrepreneurs hold protest
Tribune News Service
Gurgaon, January 11
Entrepreneurs of Udyog Vihar today staged a silent demonstration outside the office of the HSIIDC in protest against the virtual non-availability of power to industries.
They handed over a memorandum signed by more than 100 entrepreneurs, addressed to the Governor of Haryana, to the HSIIDC office.
The call for the demonstration was given by a joint forum of three industrial associations - the Chamber of Industries of Udyog Vihar, the Udyog Vihar Industries Association and the Haryana Industries Association.
Col Raj Singla (retd), president, Chamber of Industries of Udyog Vihar, said Udyog Vihar had over 1,500 working industrial units.
He said due to non-availability of power, these units were not being able to keep their commitments resulting in the cancellation of purchase orders and their payments being held back.
A.P. Jain, general secretary, Udyog Vihar Industries Association, said despite the non-availability of power, the DHBVN charged “minimum bill” and even the security deposit had been increased many times.
Entrepreneurs alleged that the state government was only catering to the rich and large industrial houses and was ignoring the small industry.
The government was deliberately working to drive the small industry out of Udyog Vihar so that bigger groups and NRI companies could be brought in.
K.K. Kapur, general secretary, Haryana Industries Association, Udyog Vihar, said for the past over 10 years, successive governments had been making false promises on the power front.