CPI against PSEB unbundling
Sushil Goyal
Tribune News Service

Sangrur, August 29
Member of the national executive of the Communist Party of India (CPI) Dr Joginder Dayal today made it clear to the state government that the party would not allow unbundling of the PSEB at any cost.

He also warned the government to be ready to face a strong agitation throughout the state if it went ahead with the unbundling process.

Expressing his concerns over the PSEB’s increasing losses due to uncontrolled power theft and corruption at the higher level, he said the board could be made a profitable organisation by associating the experienced technocrats. However, the government had not been accepting this idea and this was one of the main reasons for the PSEB turning into a loss making unit, he added.

Dr Dayal also said the unbundling of the board was not an answer to check the losses of the PSEB and redress other problems being faced by it. He emphasised on the inclusion of eminent technocrats in board’s management to check the power theft and enhance its efficiency.

Dr Dayal also asked the government to generate power from other sources, besides the thermal plants. He feared if the PSEB was privatised forcibly, then unemployment would also increase in the state. Besides, the people would have to pay more (per unit) for the electricity, he added.