Dear Friends,
Last year when DERC had
increased the Tariffs we had said that we shall try and get the Tariffs
rolled back through Public Opinion ...... we went to all corners of
Delhi to spread awareness and garner support. We got a decent response
but we lacked the resourses to work out an action plan .......
Friends ...... we understand our limitations ....... we
do not have the resources or the crowd gathering abilities of political
parties. Nor do we have any leaders on whose call most residents will
congregate at a given place at a given time like ANNA did.
Given the circumstances should we sit back and let the
Government and DERC keep fleecing the consumers ......... Armed as we
are with the facts that we have in our possession, we have proved it
beyond any doubt that Tariffs should be 50% less than what has been
proposed.
DERC has failed the citizens and there love for DISCOMS is evident from the cunning manner in which they have manipulated the Slab structure of units consumed
hitting the MIDDLE CLASS the hardest. No where in the world do we see
this much Apathy towards the Domestic consumers. While the Domestic
consumer consuming between 200 units to 400 units has been slapped with a 63% hike, kindness has been shown to Commercial and Industrial consumers with under 20% hike.
THE LESS SAID ABOUT THE VIPS OF LOOTYENS DELHI ...... THE BETTER.
DERC failed to address the issue of Performance
Standards, Fast Running Meters, Ending Monopoly, CAG Audit, 24 X7 Power
Supply to rid us off Inverters, Realistic Fuel Surcharge-it should not
be more than 1% as against DERC's gift of 7% (impossible-they have to
give cost escalation not the total cost of fuel), Abolishing Fixed
Charge-in DVB days it was minimum charge and more.
Do you notice the pattern ..... everything DERC has
done is to benefit DISCOMS ....... WONDER WHAT IS THEIR OVERIDING
MAJBOORI THAT THEY ONLY SIDE WITH DISCOMS ......... I know for a fact
that they do keep an eye for the CM's ISHAARA before hastily announcing
Tariff ..... that too without giving any reasons. WE HAVE BEEN CONSTANTLY ASKING FOR SPEAKING ORDERS.
Not only that, this Order and indeed the last Tariff Order of 26th August 2011 are Illegal as per Electricity Act 2003 section 182.
Let me not get into the details, like I said we have enough ammunition
to go to the court and have the Tariffs reversed. Anil Sood and Hemanta
Sharma are all for a Proactive approach and so are others I have spoken
to.
Are we Game for it ....... I know for a fact that we
are dealing with very tough skins and no amount of reasonable proofs or
debate have any effect on them for reasons best known to them. WE MUST
NOW GO TO THE COURTS ....... DO WE AGREE ...... AND HOW CAN WE
CONTRIBUTE ........ THERE ARE EXPENSES INVOLVED ......
Warm Regards,
Rajiv Kakria
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