New Delhi, Oct 10 (PTI) Over 100 Resident Welfare Associations today
petitioned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding a scrutiny of
accounts of private power distribution companies by the Comptroller and
Auditor General.
In the letter to the PM, the RWAs said the Delhi
Electricity Regulatory Commission has been heeding to the demands of
discoms to hike tariff though their balence sheets reflected clear
profits.
"We have sent a petition to the Prime Minister demanding
a CAG scrutiny of the accounts of the discoms," President of East Delhi
RWAs Joint Front B S Vohra said.
The RWAs across the city have
been demanding a roll back of the 26 per cent hike in power tariff
effected by Delhi''s power regulator DERC in July. BJP as well as Arvind
Kejriwal and his supporters have also been demanding roll back of the
hike.
Vohra said RWAs have sent copies of the petition to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and DERC chief P D Sudhakar.
"Though
the audited balance sheets of discoms exhibit clear profits, still DERC
admits their plea of losses. As a result, power tariff is being revised
upwards regularly and consumers are forced to pay high rates due to
monopolistic practices of the companies," the RWAs said in the petition.
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