The All India Power Engineers’ Federation (AIPEF) has opposed the proposal of the Union ministry of power to handover 33KV transmission system assets to Transco and the formation of a joint venture company with Power Grid to improve finances.
V K Gupta, spokesperson of AIPEF, said the federation on Monday had written a letter to Union power minister R K Singh, giving its detailed comments on the direction of ministry to the states. The letter mentions that by bringing the 33KV system under transmission and forming a joint venture company with Power Grid is the encroachment of the central government on a state subject.
He said the Union power ministry had written to the chief secretary and the principal secretary (power) of Punjab, and other states on September 1, saying that the 33KV transmission system might soon be merged with the transmission network in a phased manner to improve its working. The letter says in case the state government is not in a position to provide financial assistance to the transmission company, it should form a joint venture with Power Grid for mobilising financial resources, he said.