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Title: Need to restore the unallocated quota of power to Gujarat.
SHRI P.S. GADHAVI (KUTCH): Sir, would like to raise a very important issue concerning to the State of Gujarat which faces acute shortage of power.
Recently, the Government of India, the Power Ministry, has reduced the quota of Government of Gujarat from unallocated quota by about 210 MW in Febraury 2006 and diverted the same to Maharashtra and Dadra & Nagar Haveli. Since Gujarat is also facing acute shortage of power, the Government of India has been requested many times by our Government – CM has requested; we have raised this issue – to restore the original unallocated quota. In spite of several requests, the Government of India has restored only 55 MW in January 2007.
I, therefore, urge upon the Government – I would request the Power Minister through our Parliamentary Affairs Minister – to restore the remaining quota of 155 MW power in Gujarat as immediately as possible. I hope that the hon. Parliamentary Affairs Minister will definitely convey the feelings of the Government of Gujarat to the Power Minister which has reduced our quota of electricity, which we were getting for many years. But they have reduced it to 210 MW. Only 55 MW has been restored. Still 155 MW is yet to be restored which requires to be restored as early as immediately as possible.
SHRI B.K. HANDIQUE: I will bring it to the notice of the hon. Power Minister.
MR. CHAIRMAN : The House stands adjourned to meet on Wednesday, 29th August 2007 at 11 a.m.
18.09 hrs. The Lok Sabha then adjourned till Eleven of the Clock
on[r90] Wednesday, August 29, 2007/Bhadra 7, 1929 (Saka).