Opposition leader flays Cabinet nod for power privatisation
The Hindu
He urges the territorial administration to stop the move
Opposition leader R. Siva has flayed the Puducherry cabinet nod to Centre’s move to privatise the Electricity Department.
In a statement, he said following the cabinet nod, the Union Ministry of Power had issued a circular inviting employees for a meeting on December 9 and 10. As per the content of the circular, the meeting was to explain to the workers the benefits of privatising the department, he said.
The department over the years had built up assets worth crores using tax payers money. The privatisation would naturally transfer these assets into the hands of a company. The Centre should first consult the public before transferring the assets, he demanded.
In 2011, the Karnataka government announced that five botanical gardens will be developed on the lines of the Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bengaluru across the State. But according to the latest developments, there will only be four such gardens as the Horticulture Department is most likely to drop the project that was supposed to come up in Chikkaballapura district.