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Stakeholders slam HESCOM’s proposed power hike
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They claim power company wants to ‘rub salt on the wounds of the people’
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They claim power company wants to ‘rub salt on the wounds of the people’
The proposed power tariff hike was opposed by several stakeholders during a public hearing conducted by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) in Dharwad on Monday.
In the hearing, chaired by chairman of KERC Shambu Dayal Meena, the stakeholders, including representatives of consumers’ forums, industrialists, and businessmen, vehemently opposed the proposed hike of 0.73 paise per unit sought by Hubballi Electricity Supply Company (HESCOM).
‘T&D losses are within the limit’
As various stakeholders strongly opposed the proposal to hike power tariff, Managing Director of Hubballi Electricity Supply Company (HESCOM) M. Muniraju defended the proposal saying that it had become necessary as even after bringing down transmission and distribution (T&D) losses, HESCOM had incurred losses to the tune of ₹974.77 crore.
Defending the proposal at the KERC public hearing on Monday, Mr. Muniraju said that HESCOM was purchasing power at ₹5.34 per unit as against ₹4.21 last year as the power purchase rates had increased.
Mr. Muniraju said that HESCOM had managed to bring down T&D losses to just 14.10% which was well within the limit prescribed by KERC.
Protest in Hubballi opposing privatisation of power sector
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Members of AIPF and AIUTUC staging a demonstration in front of HESCOM office at Navanagar in Hubballi on Wednesday.
Seeking repeal of the Power Bill 2020 and terming it as being against the interests of farmers, people and power corporation employees, a demonstration was staged here on Wednesday.
The demonstration was organised by members of the All India Powermen Federation (AIPF) and the All India United Trade Union Congress (AIUTUC) in front of the office of Hubballi Electricity Supply Company (HESCOM) at Navanagar in Hubballi in response to a call for a nation-wide agitation.