Pointing out that there were allegations of corruption against the BSES power distribution companies and that their performance was below the public’s expectation, city power minister Satyendar Jain o
Pointing out that there were allegations of corruption against the BSES power distribution companies and that their performance was below the public’s expectation, city power minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday wrote a letter to the Reliance ADAG chairman, Mr Anil Ambani, and asked him to meet him next week with a “concrete roadmap on how to improve the situation.”
Mr Jain said the two BSES discoms, which distribute power in two-thirds of the city, have performed “atrociously” in their services and to bring down the power tariff in the city. “There are allegations of corruption and financial irregularities including siphoning of funds by your companies. Some of these allegations have been corroborated in the CAG’s draft report and in earlier DERC’s orders,” he wrote.
In a strongly-worded letter, he said that the BSES engineers are incapable of dealing with the rampant outages in the city or are allowing the situation to “deteriorate,” and said that the AAP government cannot be a “mute spectator.”
“Last few weeks have seen unprecedented power outages in the capital due to local faults despite the availability of adequate power. Despite repeated meetings with the senior-most officials, including CEOs of your companies, things have not improved. After stern warning from the government, your companies have now started fudging the data to show improvement,” he said.
“You might have had a cosy relationship with the previous governments at the expense of public interest, kindly note that the new government is fully committed to protecting the interests of the public and their welfare. In order to do that, the new government in Delhi will not hesitate in taking strong decisions,” Mr Jain added.
He said despite repeated meetings and warnings to senior officials of BSES, the power situation has not improved. -"If there are 10 outages, the daily report from your company shows only 7 and deliberately masks out 3.”
