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Power tariff cut for various categories
Chit fund company dupes Shimla residents
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Woman murdered after rape
Blindness on the rise in Chamba: BJP
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Solan DC warns cable operators
Minjar Fair from July 23 to 30
Sabha’s memo to company
Power tariff cut for various categories
Shimla, July 3 The tariff for small and medium industrial category has been decreased by 15 paise per unit and for large industry by 10 paise per unit. The demand charges for various categories have been rationalised to benefit small industrial consumers. At the same time, the demand charges have been increased for power intensive units compared to other large industrial consumers. |
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The hotel industry, particularly smaller hotels, has also been provided relief in two-part tariff by reducing the demand charges from Rs 125 to 75 per kVA for 20 to 100 kW load and from Rs 175 to Rs 100 per kVA. The relief has been provided keeping in view the seasonal nature of the tourism industry. The tariff for hostels, orphanages, charitable institutions, which were under commercial category before, has also been reduced by bringing it on a par with the domestic category. However, the tariff for below poverty line families has been increased by 10 paise to Rs 1.65 per unit, as the commission cannot allow subsidy of more than 50 per cent of the average cost of supply, which works out to Rs 3.30 paise per unit. The category has been provided some benefit with a raise in the minimum units from 45 to 50 per month. In the domestic category, the slabs of 0-45 unit and 46 to 150 unit have been merged and tariff for consumption up to 150 units has been fixed at Rs 1.75 per unit. Earlier, the tariff for the 46-150 unit slab was Rs 2.10 per unit. Similarly, the tariff for 151-300 unit slab has been done away with and tariff for 150 units and above has been approved at Rs 2.65 per unit. The rate for pre-paid meter consumer will be 1.65 per unit. The tariff for the non-domestic non-commercial category has been left unchanged at Rs 3.65 per unit but the demand charges have been reduced from Rs 125 to Rs 75 per kVA. In case of commercial category too the energy charges have been maintained at Rs 4 per unit and the demand charges reduced from Rs 125 to Rs 75 per kVA for 20-100 kW load and from Rs 200 to Rs 100 per kVA for 100 kW and above. The energy charges for small and medium industry have been brought down from Rs 3.55 to Rs 3.40 per unit and demand charges from Rs 150 to Rs 75 per kVA. Large supply will be charged at Rs 2 per unit for EHT and Rs 2.10 per unit for HT, a reduction of 10 paise per unit, but the demand charges will remain unaltered at Rs 170 and Rs 200 per kVA, respectively. Tariff for water pumping supply has been raised by 20 and 25 paise per unit for LT and HT supply, respectively. The rate for bulk supply has been reduced in case of HT supply from Rs 2.15 to Rs 2 per unit, while the LT will continue to be charged at Rs 2.70 per unit. The state electricity board had projected an annual revenue requirement of Rs 1,948 crore but the commission only allowed Rs 1,315 crore and created a development fund with a corpus of Rs 138 crore, a portion of which will be funded from profits earned by the board by selling power outside the state and return on equity. The fund will be utilised for improving infrastructure with the approval of the commission. A revenue gap of Rs 48.65 crore has been left open. The revenue from sale of power is estimated at Rs 387 crore, providing a net profit of Rs 45.20 crore, which was enough to bridge the gap. The state government will be required to pay a subsidy of Rs 101 crore to maintain the domestic and agriculture tariff at the present level. Consequential orders will be issued only after necessary orders from the government in this regard. Interest on dents for revenue expenditure has been disallowed. However, the commission allowed Rs 3 crore for the implementation of the voluntary retirement scheme. The commission has indicated that disincentives and incentives will apply depending on the performance of the board on the reforms front. Advisories have been issued to the board to restructure and adopt practices on the pattern of the NTPC and other central agencies for project implementation.
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Chit fund company dupes Shimla residents
Shimla, July 3 Though the exact amount swindled is not known, it is estimated that it could be above Rs 1 crore as people had made huge investments. The police today registered a case under Section 406 of the IPC against five persons running Shivaji Trading Company, with its office in Sanjauli. The company had been giving items like furniture, television and refrigerators at half the amount. As per the scheme one had to pay the amount and get the delivery of the goods within 15 days. The company had even given an Alto car to a customer at half the price. A large number of people today assembled at the office of the company and raised a hue and cry, demanding the arrest of the owners for defrauding them. People lost huge amounts in the scheme where the company was giving double the amount deposited in 15 days. Interestingly, the company had moved court against the police for harassing it. The police, which was holding an inquiry into the case had sought the antecedents of the company and the persons running it as it felt that the scheme was economically unviable and there was every reason for doubt. The Sanjauli Beopar Mandal too had met the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Tarun Kapoor, last month, seeking his intervention in the matter as the members felt that the company would eventually swindle people. The DC is learnt to have warned the people against making big investments and said if they did so it would be at their own risk. Two days back the persons running the company suddenly went missing and the police registered a case of criminal misappropriation today. “Our suspicion was confirmed when after getting in touch with the Tamil Nadu police we got to know that no such company existed and even the addresses mentioned were incorrect,” said Mr A.P. Singh, SP. He informed that the Himachal police had again sought the correct addresses of the persons running the company from their Tamil Nadu counterparts and a reply was awaited. The police could not take action against the company earlier as it was duly registered with the Excise Department and had taken an income tax number from the Income Tax Department. “Since at that time they had not committed any fraud, we could not take action,” said Mr Singh.
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Government analyst appointed
Our Correspondent
Solan, July 3 The backlog of over 400 drug testing samples would be sorted out within a period of two months. Speaking to The Tribune after assuming charge, he said about 200 samples had already been tested before the former government analyst retired. The test reports would be soon made. The remaining 200 samples would be tested soon so as to remove the backlog. The post, which lay vacant for two months, had put on hold on testing of drug samples from across the state. This had hampered working of the 12 drug inspectors in the state who could not pursue their cases in the absence of test reports.
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Woman murdered after rape
Kulu, July 3 The Superintendent of Police, Mr G.D. Bhargava, said the case seemed to be of murder. But he did not confirm that the woman had also been raped as the post-mortem report was still awaited. It was learnt that the woman, Lachhi Devi (43), came to the Zonal Hospital here to see someone admitted there and did not reach home that night. The Investigating Officer, Mr Joginder Singh, said a case under Section 302, IPC, had been registered.
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Blindness on the rise in Chamba: BJP
Dalhousie, July 3 After gathering figures from the Health Department about the people suffering from eye ailments, Gp Capt Bhupender Chauhan (retd), general secretary of the BJP Ex-Servicemen Cell, said the district was lagging behind in achieving its target of conducting eye operations. The target was 1350 operations for the current year, while it had been observed that between 500 and 700 operations could be conducted, Group Captain Chauhan lamented. “If the eye operation target for this year is not achieved, the number of the blind may mount to 4,396 persons in the district,” Group Captain Chauhan said.
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Solan DC warns cable operators Parwanoo, July 3 While attending a meeting with operators at Solan today, Mr Rajesh Kumar, Solan DC, said that till a new equal cable tariff in Solan district was not formulated old rates would be charged from subscribers. The DC strictly warned the operators to air the compulsory channels like Doordarshan and regional channels. The rural area people should be able to see the Doordarshan channels, he asserted. He asked the operators to refrain from showing vulgar programmes. He stressed upon the need to implement the cable network Act. Besides operators, SDMs from
Arki, Kandhaghat and Solan and Mr Virender Kanwar, Solan ASP attended the meeting.
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Minjar Fair from July 23 to 30
Chamba, July 3 The Minjar Fair is celebrated in the month of Sawan, which heralds the beginning of “kunjadi-malhaar” folk songs during, praying to the rain god for a heavy rain to reap good khariff crops.
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Sabha’s memo to company
Bharmour, July 3 In a memorandum presented to the management of the Lenco company, the state senior vice-president, Mr Kapoor Singh Sipahia, and the state general secretary, Dr Omkar Shad, of the Kisan Sabha demanded the company to issue appointment letters and identity cards to the staff and labourers working in the project.
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Vigilance team to probe stamp duty evasion Baddi, July 3
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