As a part of the harsher punishment being imposed for overloading, homeowners of small models in Punjab’s industrial hub Ludhiana on Monday staged a protest exterior the subdivision workplace of PSPCL, with the husband of a Congress corporator.
Congress chief Jaswinder Singh Thukral, whose spouse Jaspreet Kaur Thukral, is a Congress councilor from ward quantity 39 of Municipal Corporation Ludhiana, mentioned: “I’m an industrialist first. I’ve a proper to protest as a result of the punishments are exorbitant. If an individual runs the unit for sooner or later greater than the sanctioned load, he’s additionally fined for the entire yr.
According to Thukral, trade homeowners have been holding related protests each Monday for the previous three weeks.
Thukral mentioned, “A advantageous of Rs 1.62 crore has been imposed within the Janta Nagar division. We are holding dharna exterior the sub-divisions each Monday and this was the third week of our protest.
Industrialist Paramjit Singh of Arjun Nagar in Ludhiana mentioned, I’ve been fined Rs 1.63 lakh, whereas Jasmail Singh of the identical space has been fined Rs 1.13 lakh.
Ravikant, who owns a cycle components unit in Vishwakarma Colony, has been fined Rs 1.33 lakh, whereas Jaswant Singh, who runs a cycle components unit in Dashmesh Nagar, has been fined Rs 1.44 lakh.
According to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), fines are imposed on those that use extra load than the allowed. An industrialist mentioned fines are imposed yearly, however this time it has turn into an election problem as it’s an election yr.
Sources revealed that the hefty fines additionally point out that many industrial models function with out declaring full load.
PSPCL industrial director Gopal Sharma mentioned, “I will be able to tell all the details about the penalties and rules on Tuesday as I do not remember the details.”
Thukral mentioned, “This coverage on overloading has been carried out for the primary time in Punjab as earlier the fines weren’t so heavy. CERC handed it however the proposal was solely from the State Regulatory Commission. We will waive the penalty.”
KK Garg, President, North India Induction Furnace and Rolling Mills mentioned, “The drawback of fines is extra in areas with blended land use the place the homeowners run factories and stay in the identical premises. This is an issue for your complete state. Ludhiana is in focus because it has 60 per cent industries. PSPCL ought to evaluation its penal coverage.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
