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Imphal, Sep 1 : An application was filed to the State Public Information Officer/ Chief Engineer, Electricity Department, Government of Manipur request information under section 6 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 by K Seityajit.
It was asked, “ In which Districts of Manipur,. the RGGVY (Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana) scheme are being implemented and carried out? Is it true that, under RGGVY scheme Package-B in Tamenglong District, works had been offered to a firm named-”M/S Shyama Power India Ltd.’ without tender. And, if not true; please give the details of the tenders of the said works. Kindly make available the names of the works which had been offered to the said ‘M/S Shyama Power Indian Ltd.’ from the year 2008 till date with date of issue of the work orders and date of the first bill payments. Whether normal proceedings and guidelines had been followed for the said works carried out by the firm.
2. What is the cost of construction of the LOKTAK PROJECT? When was the construction of the project work started? And, when was the COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION begun? How much of the ‘POWER UNITS YEAR WISE was generated since the very 1st day till date? Please provide the authenticated data recorded.
3. Important places and vital areas in the Churachandpur District, such as the District Administration Office, Offices/Departments of the State Government, District Hospital etc are not given the supply of the so called un-interrupted (V.I.P) line but it is given to certain areas such as New Lamka, specially the Khominthang area and Rengkai; what is the reason of it?
Please provide the Feeder Service Record maintained in the Office.
4 What benefits or good effects could bring by the previous drive of the Electricity Department against the unauthorised connections? While undertaking the drive, a girl was humiliated and the girl is uffering from Tension, Anxiety and Depression; thus admitted to the Psychiatric Department of RIMS for treatment. What was the follow-up action of the drive and of the girl career and life were shattered ?
5. If there arises any defect in the installed transformer and despite the repeated complaints for repairment or replacement, the Department took time months together, deceitfully saying- there is no transformer. Please provide the stock and issue position from 2007 to 2012 as maintained in the office stock register.
6. The LOKTAK PROJECT is not upto date. The system of operation and its machines, the infrastructures are all outlived. Why not the Govt. think and look into the matter for modernisation? As for example, the Reversible Pump Storage, installed and operated at the Nagarjuna Sagar and Srisailam LBPH of Andhra Pradesh. Do the state of Manipur ever had its Hydro-Power Policy as that of the Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu & Kashmir and Assam? If not please give the basic reason.
7. The Electronic Meters installed in every household consumers has of no much use. Why don’t it be replaced by the Electronic Meter Reading?
8. Why don’t it be planned to replace the conventional bulbs used in every household consumers by the LED, CFL bulbs for less energy consumption? If there is any plan, please provide the modus operandi.
9. The present position of energy supply to the domestic consumers by the Electricity Department is hardly 5 & 6 hours only in a day i.e., in 24 hours. The calculation shows 150 hrs & 180 hrs i.e., 6.25 days or 7.50 days say 8 days in month i.e., 30 days. The tax charged for the 8 days in a month is Rs 410. If calculated it comes to Rs 215 only per
month @ of 200 units per day. Why is it charging almost the double? The tax imposed to the consumers is drastically unreasonable. Surprisingly and amazingly, 8 days energy supply out of 30 days that too charging Rs 410 by a Department of Electricity of a State in this modern world could be a sorry specimen of wonders of the world in
this nuclear age. Why not the over charged taxes imposed on the innocent consumers be refunded? Please provide the audited annual income and expenditure statement of the Department for the last three years along with the annual Departmental Working Report for the”last three years.
10. Despite the Electricity Department had made it known to the public that the requirement of energy in the peak hours of summer is 110 MW and in the winter it is 180 MW, Why did the Department not show the requirement to the North Eastern Regional Loads Dispatch Control, Shillong by putting up the proposal for the above required MW till to-day? Is that the requirement of energy for the state of Manipur is below 100 MW or showing the surplus energy to take advantage of selling out by the officials which is the deemed share of the consumers? Because of these malpractices, the Micro, the Mini and the small Industries in the State are all strangled. The Department Is responsible for the failure of the industrial growth in the State. The Department is responsible for poor supply of energy in the State for the last many decades. This is the clear evidence of inefficiency.
The Head of the Department should take the moral responsibility and should resign from holding of the responsibility of the power Department.
Please provide the number of industrial units registered with the Electricity Department with the system of power supply to the units. And, why the Department not take up any specific steps to improve the power supply for so many years?
11. How many Sub-Stations of 132 KV Transmission, 33 KV Transmission and 11 KV Transmission are there in Manipur? How the Electricity Department do the Transformation of Energy and Wheeling Charge?
12. In other states the Employer Cost for the supply of energy is 30 paise only per unit -, and why in Manipur the Employer Cost is above Rs 3.00 (three). As done in other 3 states, is it not the Electricity Department’s duty to make arrangements for getting the 3 energy at subsidised rate by the consumers?
13. Why most of the electric poles erected are corroded at the foot after few years of installation? Why are they not quality products? Whether the quality test were not conducted at the time of purchase? How is the process of purchase made? Please provide the copies of the invoices for the purchase. If tendered, please provide the name(s) of the contractor/Farm applied thereof. Please also provide the name(s) of the manufacturer of the poies. How many poles are purchased at a time and at what rate?
14. Please provide the latest status (construction, erection, commissioning) of Power components of the Khuga Multi-Purpose Project When was the Power Components of Singda Dam Project commissioned and who had done its distribution of power? What is the present position of Power Components of the Thouba! Project Thoubal Project (7.5 MW), Khuga Dam Project (1.5 MW), Singda Darn Project (1.5 MW)- the tote! of the three is 10.5MW and cannot easily be neglected.
15. Please provide the machine-wise running hours and ihe unit production of the Leimakhong Heavy Fuel Power House during the period 2009-2010 and 2010-2011,
16. How many Feeders are there for distribution of power from the Leimakhong Heavy Fuel Project? Please provide the names of the Feeders. How many of the MW are despatched from each of the Feeders to which of the Sub-Stations?
17. In accordance with the Electricity Act; what is the legitimate voltage available at the LT and HT? Tubs Sights, TVs and other electronic apparatus could not be used and utilised in the domestic connection. Please provide the steps taken and the programmes executed by the Department to improve the energy in the state.
18. As mentioned in the CAG Report, is it true that the state do not fully utilised the available energy from the Central Generating Stations? If it is true, what is the reason behind? is it the incompetency of the officials? With what hindrances, why is the period of Load Shedding be minimised by availing the legitimate powers? Please provide how many MW are allocated and available from the Central Generating Station for the State of Manipur? And, how are they utilised?
19 Manipur as the whole is economically backward. Everything depends on electricity in this Hi-Tech age. It is the key infrastructure for the sustained economic growth and improving the quality of life. Since the power supply of Manipur depends upon the Central Sector Generating Stations located in the North Eastern Region, there has always been shortfalls through-out the year. It affects a lot to the development process and activities in the state and caused inconveniences to the pubite years together. What measures had taken up by the Power Department to overcome the Pro-rata load shading of the state and to supply Reliable-Quality Power in an efficient manner?
20. Please provide the name(s) of the contractor/ supplier/ firm for providing the prepayment energy meters for the recently introduced scheme. How was the process of purchase done? How many meters were purchased for the scheme? Whether the quality of the meters were tested? What is the sanctioned amount of the scheme? How much are encashed? How much are yet to be encashed?
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