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| Till date, NHPC hasn't paid a single penny to JK Govt.from Dulhasti profits | | Missing of MoU causes loss of thousands of crores to state exchequer every year | | Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 24: The Jammu and Kashmir government isn't in the possession of the vital Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between it and the NHPC over Dulhasti power project in the past and at present the power giant is providing no royalty to the state government against the power being generated from the project.
According to the official documents in possession of the Early Times, there is no agreement or MOU with the state government on the terms and conditions under which Dulhasti power project was executed by the NHPC.
In the year 2011, cabinet subcommittee was constituted vide government order No: 638-GAD of 2011 dated 1-06-2011, to look into various issues arising from the terms and conditions of entrustment of the Hydropower projects to the NHPC in the state. The Committee too could not find any agreement or MOU under which Dul Hasti HEP was entrusted to the power giant NHPC for execution. When the report of the Cabinet Sub- Committee was submitted to the cabinet, it was observed as follows:
"The most important document which will determine financial implications and responsibilities of various stakeholders i.e. State government, central government and NHPC is the MoU, however, as per the report of the Sub Committee the relevant agreement is not available on record."
The Sub Committee pointed out that misplacement of record pertaining to an important cabinet decision is a serious matter. It recommended that a task force of senior officers of the state be constituted to look into the circumstances leading to the misplacement of these records and fix responsibility for lapses.
As the task force, according to reports, was constituted, it launched a massive manhunt to find the traces of the vital MoU over Dul hasti. It found the records of secretariat and power development department but didn't succeed in finding even the traces of the prized document.
Furthermore, the official reports reveal that the NHPC is paying no royalty to the state government out of its profits. The NHPC has so far earned no less than thousands of crores from the Dul Hasti power project but the state has so far been given peanuts in the name of free power. According to official figures, since commercial operation of Dulhasti power station on 07-04-2007, NHPC is providing 12 percent of free power as royalty from Dulhasti power station to Jammu and Kashmir government as per the allocation order issued by the Government of India.
However, such a serious matter, as per the insiders, isn't being pursued seriously by the state authorities resulting in the loss of crores of rupees to the state exchequer. A senior official told Early Times that as the state government has no document in hand that could have strengthened its case, the state is remaining on a back foot. "We could have easily asked for the return of Dulhasti from the NHPC but here we have no proof about under what terms the agreement was signed. We cannot just go and seek the return without substantiating our demands with solid facts," says a senior official.
Meanwhile, the search for the lost documents continues. No time frame has been set by the state authorities over taking final decision over such an issue that merits concern of the people at the helm. |
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