AGARTALA, July 9 (TIWN): Rs. 250 crores loan from UBI was not enough to clear various pending bills to the plants by the state govt that Central Govt sent a notice to Tripura Power Dept to clear various expenses. After the review meeting of Friday, a source informed that the meeting led with talks on various financial crisis situation that the power dept is facing, but the clearance of bill particularly in which field, it’s yet unknown. Govt is unable to clear various bills and Govt Depts are also not clearing dues to TSECL but there is no respite from hooklines uses in the state. Apart from that in many places of Agartala in the day time also street lights are found on causing a total waste of power leading chances of damages to the lights further. Tripura is undergoing heavy power crisis situation, led by Power Minister ManikDey. But in an attempt to overcome the allegations, Power Minister urged the oppositions to help in stopping electricity theft. Adressing the Assemble Dey said, 'Tripura's power production is good, but due to the hooklines used in slum and rural areas,

TSECL is underghoing heavy losses. Dey further asked oppositions to help in 'save power' mission and to identify the hook line users.

But question raises, why the govt doesn't take any action against the hook line users ? Is it the vote bank which leading the state  into tremendous crisis.Tripura had sheltered many power plants additionally with the Govt run plants which might gave confidence to the Chief Minister of Tripura to announce its future as a ‘Load-Shedding-Free state’, but the Power Minister ManikDey on Monday warned the state for a dark future as the plants are yet incapable to produce enough amount of power surplus “Hook like is disease in the state, which is another cause of Tripura’s huge power misuse”, Dey said in the Assembly.

However, Tripura govt is much concern about how to save power as crores and crores are pending as debts for Tripura Power Dept.The amount has crossed Rs. 250 crores, it was declared by the power Minister himself. “If plan-wise we expense power then it will save our money and also it will lessen the load-shedding rate”, he said.

Power Minister further advised that people should make their homes scientifically so that during day time sunlight comes and no need of lights. But whereas he claimed that hooklines are available in Tripura, but what step will be taken against hook lines, he was totally silent about it. May be thinking about CPI-M’s vote banks at rural Tripura nothing is done by the state govt in this regard. He ended with a call for “awareness against hook lines’.

“Tripura people can easily save power and the power cost is much low here, so it can easily manage the bill-amount per month”, claimed ManikDey.

However, to hide Tripura’s power deficiency ManikDey further said, in India every plants are facing disruptions. ‘Whereas the power target is65,185 MW, but it ends by 30,070 MW production only. There are 25-40 % of commercial loss for the distributor-companies resulting a total debt of 1.50 lakhs crores of debt”.