Kathmandu, Dec 25: The private Sector has complained of power supply being disconnected without taking enough initiatives for the resolution of dispute over electricity tariff arrears of those with dedicated feeders and trunk line.
They said the government disconnected the lines without showing seriousness on the addressing the dispute of payment of electricity arrears of dedicated feeders and trunk line, which is in place since the past six years.
The Nepal Electricity Authority has started disconnecting power supply from Friday, citing different industries using dedicated feeders and trunk line did not pay the electricity tariff since long.
Issuing a press release on Monday, the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry said a high-level commission should be formed to resolve the dispute of arrears of dedicated feeders and trunk line.
Similarly, Confederation of Nepalese Industries organised a press conference in Kathmandu on Monday and said disconnecting the power supply of indust
ries without taking efforts to resolve the problems was unfortunate.
The CNI warned of seeking legal remedy against this act of NEA. CNI President Rajesh Kumar Agrawal mentioned that industrialists have been discouraged due to NEA’s act, of disconnected the power supply line without taking initiatives to resolve the problems.
The NEA on Friday had disconnected the power supply to Jagadamba Steel, Reliance Spinning Mill, Ghorahi Cement, Arghakhanchi Cement, Sarbottam Cement, Laxmi Steel, as well as other industries.
The issue of payment of electricity arrears of different industries using dedicated feeders and trunk lines surfaced around six years ago. The dispute between the NEA and industrialists has not been dissolved yet. Courts, parliamentary committees, Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority had directed the NEA to collect the arrears.
The NEA disconnected the power supply after the industries turned deaf ears to NEA’s request to pay the dues.
Source: National News Agency Nepal