BJP Tamil Nadu President K. Annamalai has accused the state electricity department, functioning under the auspices of its Minister V. Senthil Balaji, of indulging in corruption in the procurement of power from private power stations.
In a press conference held in Chennai yesterday (October 19), mentioned that the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board is signing agreements with private power producers in the state to purchase electricity at a higher price. He said that the DMK will pocket crores of rupees while increasing the financial burden on the people of Tamil Nadu. He mentioned that the actions of the electricity department in the coming days is going spell doom for the power sector itself.
Responding to this, Minister Senthil Balaji while addressing reporters after an event on Wednesday (October 20), said that BJP Tamil Nadu head should prove the allegations within 24 hours.
Within a few hours of the Minister’s press meet, Annamalai posted in his social media in which he pointed out that the contractors of Tuticorin Thermal Power Station (TTPS) weren’t released payments for the past many months and that a payment of ₹29.64 Cr has been released suddenly in the recent days after taking 4% commission for bill clearance.
EB Min of TN wanted proof!
Warm up Q for him:
The contractors of Tuticorin Thermal Power Station (TTPS) weren’t released payments for past many months. Suddenly a payment of INR 29.64 Cr is released in the recent days after taking 4% commision for bill clearance
Answers pls!
— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) October 20, 2021
In another post, he said that the 5 ‘consultants’ sitting in the Minister’s Chennai home will know where this 4% commission is collected and kept.
Hope the EB Min of Tamil Nadu can understand what we are talking about?
The 5 ‘consultants’ sitting in his chennai home knows where is this 4% collected & kept!
This week – Thermal.
Next week – Solar.
The week after – the ‘big’ company that is getting readied! https://t.co/INEdeI4xhD pic.twitter.com/qbGVvXolae— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) October 20, 2021
In another post, Annamalai said that the state electricity board purchased power even upto ₹20 per unit which he said was 5 times the cost of generation.
கடந்த வாரம் ஒரு யூனிட் மின்சாரம் ரூ. 20.00 வரை கொள்முதல் செய்ய பட்டுள்ளது!
உற்பத்தி செய்யும் அனல் மின்சாரத்தின் உற்பத்தி செலவை விட 5 மடங்கு இது கூடுதலான விலை! #ResignEBMin
1 MWh – INR 20,000
1000 KWh is equal to 1 MWh.
1 KWh (1000 wats) is 1 Unit.
1 unit = INR 20. pic.twitter.com/GgFhDRmaKb— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) October 20, 2021
Meanwhile, Senthil Balaji has refuted the allegations and said that the pending payments were made recently to the power generation companies after receiving funds from Powergrid Finance Corporation and Rural Electrification Corporation on October 1.
மின்வாரிய துறையில் முறைகேடு நடந்துள்ளதென திரு.அண்ணாமலை கூறியதற்கு ஆதாரத்தை கேட்டால், வாரிய அலுவலகத்திற்கு அனுப்பிய நிதியை, யாருக்கு அனுப்பியது என்பது தெரியாமல், திருட்டுத்தனமாக எடுக்கப்பட்ட அந்த Excel கையில் இருந்தும்,அந்த தொகையையும் 29.99 கோடியென சரியாக எழுத கூட தெரியாமல், (1/4) pic.twitter.com/sQu1KHbjAL
— V.Senthilbalaji (@V_Senthilbalaji) October 20, 2021
In light of this, the hashtag #ResignEBMin has been trending on Twitter.
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