SHILLONG, APR 24: As Meghalaya is reeling under severe power cut; the state government will be holding a meeting with the Meghalaya Electricity Corporation Limited (MeECL) to discuss the power crisis and whether the government needs to step in to help the corporation tide over the power debt of Rs 473 crore that it has to pay to the central power corporation like the NEEPCO and others.
The state is experiencing the worst ever load shedding in recent times with the consumers facing the brunt as frequent power cuts have literally thrown normal life out of gear. Big as well as small commercial establishment in Shillong are also hard hit because those depending on power supply like cyber café saloon, workshops, beauty parlour and others becomes non-functional.
Meghalaya additional chief secretary BK Deb Varma told this website that he will be holding a meeting with the MeECL officials within two days time to discuss the frequent load shedding all over the state and ways to overcome the crisis
Varma further said whether the government needs to intervene or not with regard to the pending dues the MeECL needs to pay to the different power corporations for purchasing power in the past to meet the state power requirement will also be discussed threadbare.
Varma said, “Only after detail discussion the state government will decide whether to bail the MeECL out of the debt by loaning them the amount or not.” He said the state government is concern over the frequent load shedding and will do its best to help the MeECL to tide over the present power crisis. He also said that the timeframe for resolving the power crisis issue will be decided only after the meeting.
Never in the history of the state, load shedding have been so frequent with longer hours in almost all the districts of the state. If the load shedding in Shillong is seven hours, Tura, the district headquarter of West Garo hills district, eleven hours, Williamnagar nine hours and Jowai six hours. – By Our Reporter
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