Times News NetworkLudhiana: upwards against the enormous UUE (unauthorised usage of power ) penalties, ” the town’s small manufacturers began a demonstration at Punjab State Power Corporation Limited principal engineer’s office on Tuesday.
They’ll continue it until Friday, continue working day of this week.
Due to Covid-19, batches of five will probably sit in two-hour shifts.Janta Nagar Small Scale Manufacturers Association president Jaswinder Singh Thukral stated:”PSPCL has surpassed all limits of harassment by simply enrolling UUE cases against dozens of their clients and enforced penalties equal to double their annual use.
The only real mistake was supposed to draw a little more than the approved load for a couple of days but they’ve been penalized as though they were included in certain big-time electricity theft.
We’d awarded the company until a week to fix its own mistake, subtract the penalties, and then draw all of the UUE instances however, it did , therefore we’re made to select the course of agitation.” By Tuesday, these proprietors of factories began a series of protest against the section until Friday.
In the event the PSPCL doesn’t detract from the standalone, then they are going to take their protest into the Patiala workplace of its own chairman and take it until their requirement is now accepted.United Cycle and Parts Manufacturers Association (UCPMA) president S Chawla stated:”The PSPCL shouldn’t take this demonstration lightly.
This is only a trailer.
Behind every one of those five businessmen from various businesses who sit with this demonstration are tens of thousands of members.
Whether this matter isn’t solved, these businessmen will probably come out to the roads for justice.
The penalties levied on the PSPCL are prohibited entirely, as there wasn’t any case of theft.
Just a bit more load than accepted was attracted and everybody paid the company for each and every unit.
Then how can this amount to utilizing electricity in an unauthorised manner? The whole business is collectively in this struggle and will do anything is necessary to find these penalties ” Asked about the matter, PSPCL primary engineer (fundamental ) Bhupinder Khosla told TOI:”PSPCL hasn’t obtained any unjustified actions against any entrepreneur or mill owner.
Our division has done all under the regulations and rules.
In instances of conducting loopholes, penalties are levied under Section 126 of the Electricity Act.”