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Simple Solutions for Kashmir

While everyone has a variety of reasons
for the situation in Kashmir - and will swear by those. There are very
few offering practical solutions.

I’m sure they DO know what are the possible options, but the prospect of
implementing them seems daunting.

Well, like most others, I also have a ’solution’ to easing the situation
in the beautiful valley (I haven’t been there yet!)

1. Get all the Politicians out of there - actually this is true for most
‘troubled’ areas :)

2. Get the Special Forces only to protect/guard the Border (ok, L.O.C.)

3. Equip the local Police with state-of-the-art Technology & Tools
to protect the common people.

4. Promote industry - with a vengeance.

5. Set up Educational institutions - Primary to University and make it compulsory up to the age of 15.

Do this for 5 years and I can guarantee you this situation will
‘dissolve’.

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By Sandeep Ohri – August 23, 2010


Hindi Proverbs and their English Equivalents

This effort is a result of a discussion, my family had on the breakfast
table. My daughter kept swinging her leg, which kept banging into mine
and then I turned around and said .. “Sau sonaar ki, ek lohaar ki.“

This started off a discussion of what it meant and whether there was an
equivalent of this, in English. Which led me into a hunt for more
English equivalents of Hindi Proverbs. I’ve taken the liberty of
spelling out all Hindi words in English. I hope you get it right the
first time .. or at least, the second!

Disclaimer: I’m no expert on either Hindi or English, so if you notice errors, please go right ahead and point them out!

I searched the Internet to find lists of Hindi proverbs and English
proverbs and then sat down and tried to correlate them. The following
list is what I came up with. As I said, I’m no expert - but I’m happy
with the effort. Hope you enjoy reading this.

  • Khatte angoor - Sour grapes (also, literally)
  • Bandar kya jaane adrak ka swad - Casting pearls before swine 
  • Dal mein kaala - More to it than meets the eye 
  • Naach na jaane, aagan tedha – A poor worker blames his tools
  • Jale par namak chidakna - Rubbing salt on one’s wound (almost, literal)  
  • Door ke dhol suhavane lagte hain – The grass seems greener on the other side  
  • Aage kuan peeche khaee – Between the devil and the deep sea  
  • Garajne wale badal baraste nahin hain – Barking dogs seldom bite  
  • Jitnee lambi chadar ho utna hee pair failana chahiye – Cut your dress according to your cloth  
  • Ab pachatae kya jab chidiya chug gayi khet – No use crying over spilt milk  
  • Anth bhala to sab bhala – All’s well that ends well (almost, literal)  
  • Taali ek haath se nahin bajti – It takes two to quarrel  
  • Jahan chaah wahaan raha – Where there’s a will, there’s a way (almost, literal)  
  • Doodh ka jala chaas bhi phook-phook kar peeta hai – Once bitten twice shy  
  • Jaisa desh, vaisa bhes – In Rome do as the Romans do  
  • Ek myaan mein do talawaren nahi samaati – No man can serve two masters  
  • Khotta chana baje ghana - Empty vessels make more noise 

By the way, I never did find the equivalent of “Sau sonaar ki, ek lohaar ki“!!

Feedback? …Bouquets? Brickbats? Well, bring ‘em on :)

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By Sandeep Ohri – March 21, 2010


A Few Good Men (& Women)

I’ve always been a great fan of Music of the 1980s - let me clarify -
ENGLISH music of the 80s. However, I also do like some numbers from the
70s and 60s as well.

For some (unknown, to me) reason, the music of this era is called RETRO. Retro as in Retrospective or Retrograde, is something I still haven’t figured out!

I’m definitely not an expert or an authority on music of that era. Neither was I really ‘into’ the music scene when in school.

It’s just that as I passed through those “Wonder Years”
(great serial, by the way), each song got ‘associated’ (like a
hyperlink or metatag) with some incident of my life. Most of them, I
cherish, but I do also have a lot of forgettable ones, too.
Nevertheless, the hyperlinks were established and the songs brought
back memories - good, or otherwise, with equal propensity.

In those days, we just had Audio Tapes (I see a lot of young readers going, “Dude, you’re O.L.D.”) - and we used to run those select few tapes back and forth so many times, that the sequence got cast in stone too!

Till date, if I hear “Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough” by Michael Jackson, I expect the next song to be “Stomp” by The Brothers Johnson, followed by “And The Beat Goes On” by The Whispers!

Well, now we have CDs, DVDs, Pen Drives, iPoDs and a host of other
equipment to hear songs from. All is not lost for us ‘oldies’ - as a
lot of the old songs (Retro!) are finding their way back! I’ve managed to ‘find’ quite a few of my fav numbers on the Internet.

Life had done a full circle (or so I would like to believe). Then
again, it has a way of being surprisingly and refreshingly topsy-turvy.

Just as I ’subjected’ my kids to my choice of music - it’s now their
turn. They’ve grown up and have turned the tables on me. I am now
exposed to a host of new music.

This post is about some of the current ones, doing the rounds - in my
house at least - which I really like. My current ‘playlist’ (see, I’m
beginning to get the lingo right too!) consists of:

  • Kelly Clarkson (Already Gone)
  • Jay Z feat. Alicia Keys (Empire State of Mind)
  • Lady Gaga (Poker Face, Just Dance, Paparazzi, Eh Eh Nothing Else I Can Do)
  • David Guetta (When Love Takes Over, Delirious)
  • Black Eyed Peas (Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling)
  • Akon (Right Now, Beautiful)
  • Ne Yo (Miss Independent)
  • Lady Antebellum (Need You Now)
  • Kate Perry (Hot n Cold) 
  • Lilly Allen (F*ck You) *gasp*
  • Agnes (Release Me)
  • Flo rida (Sugar)

‘Nuff said - as the rappers say. This kind of list is a far cry from the kind of music I was accustomed to!

However, now I have a whole new set of hyperlinks and
metatags being created - with lovely memories being associated with
these numbers (however, ridiculous they may sound after a few years).
Whenever I’m traveling and I hear these numbers, my thoughts go back to
these memories.

And so the circle of life starts all over again … listening to these Few Good Men (& Women) …

Well … and that’s how I feel …

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By Sandeep Ohri – March 21, 2010


Karthik Calling Karthik - My View

Just saw KCK today and I haven’t even reached home, but here I am writing about it!

This is one of the few movies that I’ve seen so close to its release
..2nd day, 1st show! Quite surprised at my own eagerness to watch it.
But that’s how I am. I go by instinct, on such things.

For instance, I haven’t yet seen 3 Idiots or Avatar - but didn’t miss Luck By Chance & Love Aaj Kal (any coincidence they had Farhan & Deepika?)

Coming to KCK, I don’t want to reveal the storyline (no spoilers,
here!) - but its a nicely done movie. It has its fair share of laughs,
thrills and meaningless (avoidable) moments.

My kudos to the Director, who actually got the audience to clap in the last shot - I was truly amazed!

The movie could have done away with about 10 minutes, making it
crisper, but I don’t know whose responsibility that is - the Editor’s
or the Director’s.

I was really impressed with the acting.

Farhan is very, very believable in the role. His angst in certain
scenes, esp when he breaks down and cries when on the phone, is truly
classic.

Deepika - well, what can I say - this girl is growing on me. She caught my fancy in Love Aaj Kal
and has done it again here. However, she’s again cast as an independent
minded woman - and is convincing. Her earnestness comes across
genuinely.

I quite liked the music by Shankar Ehsan Loy. In particular, the music
that plays while the opening titles appear, is particularly catchy.
Incidentally, the titles are done quite innovatively, too!

Don’t expect a love story (though it has its moments). Don’t expect a
laugh riot - its not a light movie, by any standards. Don’t expect an
outright thriller - even though there are more than a few times which
will make you jump!

I don’t think its worth a second watch, but I’d enjoy watching the DVD - and would definitely buy the Audio CD.

All in all, an enjoyable fare - as we say, ‘paisa vasool’.

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By Sandeep Ohri – March 21, 2010


Calculation of Wheeling Charges - RTI reply from MERC

Those who are interested in switching over from RINFRA to Tata, already
know that they would still need to pay RINFRA ‘wheeling charges’ -
which is charged by the network owner to the billing/distribution
supplier.

MERC in its Interim Order has stated that Wheeling Charges should be paid even by switchover customers.

The question in my mind was how is the Wheeling Charges calculated for
TPC and RINFRA and the following details were provided by MERC (under
RTI).

RINFRA-D’s Low Tension (LT) for FY 2009-10, is calculated as under:
1. Wheeling Charges for the year Rs. 121 per kW per month
2. Contract Demand is 4600 MVA / MW
3. Wheeling Cost for the year is Rs. 667.92 cr (121 x 4600 x 12 / 10000)
4. Annual Sales for the year is 7560.17 Million Units
5. WC is Rs. 0.88 per kWh (667.92 / 7560.17 x 10)

RINFRA-D’s High Tension (HT) for FY 2009-10, is calculated as under:
1. Wheeling Charges for the year Rs. 108 per kW per month
2. Contract Demand is 317 MVA / MW
3. Wheeling Cost for the year is Rs. 41.06 cr (108 x 317 x 12 / 10000)
4. Annual Sales for the year is 896.59 Million Units
5. WC is Rs. 0.46 per kWh (41.06 / 896.59 x 10)

TPC-D’s Low Tension (LT) for FY 2009-10, is calculated as under:
1. Wheeling Charges for the year Rs. 160 per kW per month
2. Contract Demand is 110 MVA / MW
3. Wheeling Cost for the year is Rs. 21.15 cr (160 x 110 x 12 / 10000)
4. Annual Sales for the year is 572.23 Million Units
5. WC is Rs.. 0.37 per kWh (21.15 / 572.23 x 10)

TPC-D’s High Tension (HT) for FY 2009-10, is calculated as under:
1. Wheeling Charges for the year Rs. 78 per kW per month
2. Contract Demand is 398 MVA / MW
3. Wheeling Cost for the year is Rs. 37.25 cr (78 x 398 x 12 / 10000)
4. Annual Sales for the year is 2065.90 Million Units
5. WC is Rs. 0.18 per kWh (37.25 / 2065.90 x 10)

For an RINFRA switchover consumer. Take the standard TPC rate, then deduct the TPC-WC (0.37) and then add the RINFRA-WC (0.88).

An Excel sheet is available with me, for those who are interested in doing ‘what-if’ scenarios.

RTI can get us information - but once we receive it, experts need to
‘decode’ it and then take follow up action. Many of the technical
experts would be interested in this info and how it will affect us
going forward.

There is still a VALID dispute whether switchover consumers need to pay
the RINFRA WC at all or not - and this matter is also being taken up by
the BIJLEE Group.

Trust this has been of help.

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By Sandeep Ohri – December 26, 2009


Its amazing how the past can come back to haunt you

Here is a news item (TOI, 14-Sep-2003) about how REL (RINFRA’s earlier
AVATAR), had wanted to get a Distribution License for many cities in
Maharashtra. Incidentally, Tata had also applied for few more cities.
(Both applications were eventually turned down by MERC.)

REL also wanted to buy power from power producers other than TATA and
MSEB. Well its been SIX years since then and RINFRA has still not
formally tied up with anyone else!!

Mr. Anil Ambani had a meeting with then then CM, Mr. Sushilkumar Shinde
to move this forward. Mr. Shinde, as we all know is now the Union
Minister for Power (coincidence?)

Incidentally, while quoting an example of how the ‘monopoly’ can be
broken, an example of BEST’s network usage has been given (see second
last para).

I do not recall BEST raising an objection at that time, that they were a “Local Authority” …
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Reliance makes power play for 5 towns
TNN 14 September 2003, 11:48pm IST

MUMBAI: Reliance Energy (formerly called BSES Ltd) has made pitch to
light up Maharashtra. Following the central legislation allowing
competition among firms selling electricity to consumers, Reliance
Energy has made an application to the state government to distribute
power directly to homes and offices in five major cities of the state—
Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, Aurangabad as well as Navi Mumbai, including
Vashi, Nerul, Bhandup, Mulund and parts of Thane.

At present, the loss-making Maharashtra State Electricity Board, which
had a revenue deficit of Rs 1,462 crore last year, sells electricity in
these areas. Sources said Reliance Energy (REL) filed the application
to the state government about ten days ago.

When contacted, state chief secretary Ajit Nimbalkar said the company
had made a presentation to chief minister Sushilkumar Shinde last week
about setting up a new gasbased power station in the state.

“Among the suggestions made by Reliance was that it also wanted to
distribute electricity to various centres,” he said. “However, it is
too early to comment on Reliance Energy’s proposal,” he added.

Follwing the meeting between Anil Ambani, CMD of REL and Mr Shinde, the
chief minister appointed a committee headed by Mr Nimbalkar to look
into the various proposals. “This committee will also examine the
proposal to distribute electricity in five towns and cities,” said Mr
Nimbalkar.

According to industry sources, Reliance Energy wants to set the ball
rolling to open up the state’s electricity sector, after the passage of
the Electricity Act at the Centre allowing competition among players in
all aspects of the power sector —generation, transmission and
distribution.

Reliance Energy also filed an appeal with the Maharashtra Electricity
Regulatory Commission about a fortnight ago to open up the existing
electricity infrastructure like power lines to competition and fix the
necessary charges.

It wants MERC to allow REL to buy power from players other than Tata
Power and MSEB for its operations in Mumbai’s suburbs,where it sells
power to 23 lakh consumers.

According to the Electricity Act, existing monopoly players have to
allow other firms to use their existing infrastructure like power lines
for a fee.

For instance, if another firm wants to sell power to customers in
Mumbai, it can do so using BEST’s network of wires but it will have to
pay for it.

However, for this to start MERC has to fix the rental rates for using another firm’s network and power lines.

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By Sandeep Ohri – December 26, 2009


Uniform power tariff will cost government Rs. 3,000 cr


At the risk of being unpopular, I would like to repeat that UNIFORM TARIFF is not the answer!

Not only does it negate the benefits of a competitive environment, it
is also NOT permitted by the EA 2003, UNLESS the State Govt grants a
subsidy.

When the State Govt grants a subsidy - this will eventually need to be
collected (as taxes) from EVERY individual, whether he/she is an
electricity consumer or not!

Here is an example of what will happen - the State Govt will
effectively undertake to ‘fund’ these utilities for their ‘obscene’
rates, and make the general public pay for it, by increasing taxes!!
The general public will never know HOW much was collected as additional
tax to pay this Subsidy!

Suppose the Govt increases the taxes across many items - and ends up collecting MORE than the Subsidy amount??

In such a situation how can uniform tariff be ‘consumer friendly’?

This is similar to leaving our environmental problems to our
grand-children…”as long as WE don’t have to pay, who cares” - right?
Is this the LEGACY we want to leave behind?

We must move away from such ‘protectionist’ measures and let open market competition ‘force’ the prices down.

Many people wonder whether RINFRA’s consumers switching to TPC would make a big difference. Here are some facts:

1. RINFRA’s avge costs are higher than TPC and so the consequent cross-subsidy is a larger spread.
2. On a pure arithmetical basis, it IS more cost-effective for RINFRA’s high consumption users, to switch to TPC.

Now, it may appear that TPC ‘wants’ only high-end consumers - which is not true, as any RINFRA consumer can switch.

There are 2 sides to any argument. One could assume that since RINFRA’s
higher consumers have moved, it would have raise the level for the rest
of its remaining consumers. However, the other side of the story is
also that the Demand that RINFRA has to meet will also be lower!
Consequently it would have to purchase lesser of the ‘expensive’ power..

This can only be determined if a really SUBSTANTIAL no of consumers
switch. As I understand it, as of date only about 3000 consumers may
have completed the switchover. Which is too minuscule a no considering
that RINFRA has about 2.7 Million consumers!

The issue is not about RINFRA or TPC being benefited - its about each one of US - each consumer - having a choice.

As far as RINFRA’s costs are concerned, I guess MERC’s investigation
would throw light on whether they actually needed to spend all that
money on the Mumbai electricity business .. or even if they actually
DID spend that money on us - maybe it WAS diverted into the RINFRA
group’s other ventures.

Since they have admittedly, not been maintaining separate accounts,
there is quite a likelihood that they took money from us and spent it
elsewhere.

Trust I have thrown some light on the issue. 

(Related news item here…)
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Uniform power tariff will cost government Rs 3,000cr
Ashwin Aghor / DNA
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 2:16 IST

Mumbai: If the state government does decide to take power minister Ajit
Pawar’s recent announcement about introducing uniform power tariffs in
Mumbai seriously, it will have to be prepared to bear an additional
burden of Rs3,000 crore annually for the subsidies the city’s four
power suppliers will have to be provided to bring their rates on a par.

Last week, during the winter session of the assembly, Pawar assured the
house that the government will explore the feasibility of uniform power
tariff for the city. Uniform tariff is more consumer-friendly, and has
already been implemented in cities like Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore and
Ahmedabad, despite them having more than one supplier.
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By Sandeep Ohri – December 26, 2009


Calculate savings of switchover to TATA

After much work, anguish and deliberations, MERC had issued an Interim
Order in the matter of switchover to TATA.

I am happy to inform you
that we have successfully had the first case of a switchover. An existing RINFRA consumer has been duly moved to TATA - using RINFRA’s network and TATA’s Meter!

Now, before everyone decides to do the same, first check whether it makes economic sense to switch to TATA. To help you, I have prepared a detailed Excel sheet for Single Phase, Residential consumers (LT-I) Tariff showing the exact calculations and savings of moving from RINFRA to TATA.

Here are some of the results of the calculations in the PRESENT scenario.

For 1,500 units per month:
Existing RINFRA Bill = Rs. 13,391    Switchover TATA Bill = Rs. 9,212
Monthly Savings = Rs. 4,179    Annual Savings = Rs. 50,147

For 1,000 units per month:
Existing RINFRA Bill = Rs. 8,309    Switchover TATA Bill = Rs. 5,828
Monthly Savings = Rs. 2,482    Annual Savings = Rs. 29,780

For 800 units per month:
Existing RINFRA Bill = Rs. 6,277    Switchover TATA Bill = Rs. 4,474
Monthly Savings = Rs. 1,803    Annual Savings = Rs. 21,634

For 500 units per month:
Existing RINFRA Bill = Rs. 3,172    Switchover TATA Bill = Rs. 2,387
Monthly Savings = Rs. 784   Annual Savings = Rs. 9,413

For 350 units per month:
Existing RINFRA Bill = Rs. 1,857   Switchover TATA Bill = Rs. 1,490
Monthly Savings = Rs. 368    Annual Savings = Rs. 4,412

For 200 units per month:
Existing RINFRA Bill = Rs. 879   Switchover TATA Bill = Rs. 760
Monthly Savings = Rs. 119    Annual Savings = Rs. 1,427

For 100 units per month:
Existing RINFRA Bill = Rs. 316    Switchover TATA Bill = Rs. 307
Monthly Savings = Rs. 9    Annual Savings = Rs. 108

It seems clear from the above, that only those consumers who have a higher monthly consumption would benefit more by switching to TATA from RINFRA.

However, the decision to DO-THE-SWITCH must be an informed, long-term
decision and not a short-term knee jerk reaction. The attached file
covers the PRESENT scenario as well a few other known possible scenarios that may happen in the next one year. For instance:

a) Due to approvals from earlier MERC and ATE Orders, RINFRA already has an ‘uncovered gap’ of Rs. 1,079 crores! Suppose they get an approval to charge this in next year’s Tariff - what would be the impact?

b) MERC has stayed the RINFRA June 2009 Tariff Order, but suppose the stay order is lifted?

c) RINFRA has gone to High Court and asked for a stay on the limit of Fuel Adjustment Charge (FAC) of 67 paise. They are asking for 113 paise/unit. Suppose they succeed?

d) In this Interim Order, MERC has allowed RINFRA to collect Wheeling
charges, despite our protests that we have already paid for these. In
case, it is ruled that we do not have to pay RINFRA Wheeling charges, then the NEW switchover bills will be even more lower.

e) If the consumer uses a TATA meter instead of a RINFRA Meter, it is possible that consumption recording itself is lower!

The Excel file also shows how much would be the difference in case the above scenarios start playing out.

Do feel free to circulate this to all concerned and please send me
feedback - especially if there are any errors (this is so complicated,
even though I’ve tried my best, there may still be some mistakes!)

This Excel file is also available on the BIJLEE Group in the Files section here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bijlee/files/_RINFRA_SWITCHOVER/

I will request MERC to prepare such types of Calculators and host them on their websites.

Trust this has been of help to you :)

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By Sandeep Ohri – October 29, 2009


Rediff Article

Just wanted to share this with you all.

http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/oct/09/slide-show-1-meet-the-man-who-took-on-reliance-energy.htm

Thanks for the support, guys :)

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By Sandeep Ohri – October 10, 2009


Mumbai Power Tariff - a few facts.


There seems to be a lot of (mis) information being spread - about the Mumbai Power Tariff situation, which is leading to confusion in the minds of the people.
I thought of contributing my opinion to the on-goings. Please spare a few moments and go through this post.

1. State Govt can bring down tariff.
Well, not really .. NO. The power to determine tariff rates are SOLELY with MERC, as per the Electricity Act, 2003. NO STATE GOVT can set the rate. At best the State Govt can grant a SUBSIDY (meaning the rate to the consumer will be low, but the Govt will pay the supplier directly).

In such circumstances, the Govt ends up incurring a loss (and Maharashtra is already in a loss) and will eventually RAISE TAXES in some other form to compensate for this loss. So we consumers WILL end up paying for this anyway, in case the State Govt gives any supplier any kind of subsidy!

2. Uniform Tariff in Mumbai
Uniform Tariff is NOT permitted by the EA 2003!! IN fact the whole concept of ‘competition’ will become defunct is the tariff is the same for all suppliers. Like in PETROL.

Also, (again) the Govt will have to end up paying the supplier to HOLD prices at a particular  LOW) level. This is what the Delhi Govt had been doing for the past three years - and now that subsidy has also been withdrawn recently.

3. Lower rates are benefiting builders/malls.
Builders/Malls had a much higher rate - which is partly on account of something called “cross-subsidy”. This means that if the avge cost of power is Rs. 4 (say), then some users are charged Rs. 2-3, and the others are charged Rs. 5-7 (to make up for the ‘discount’ to the lower users).

The EA 2003 and the National Tariff Policy have mandated that the level of cross-subsidy is too high and MUST be brought down. Hence the unusually high rates MUST come down and  consequently), the lower rates WILL go up.

There’s NOTHING that the Mah State Govt can do in this - neither can the MERC be held responsible - they are just following the law.

4. Tata Power is ‘responsible’ for the power shortage (!)
At the risk of sounding like a Tata spokesperson ….Did you know that Tata Power kept supplying power to REL/RINFRA even though it was NOT paid for THREE years? Well, you try and NOT pay RINFRA for three months and what happens??

Tata Power set up an additional capacity of 250MW in the last 10 years - while BSES/REL/RINFRA did not set up a single MW. Tata Power was formally given permission by MERC to shut
down its plant as there was no need for additional power (as claimed by BSES/REL) - immediately thereafter BSES/REL started making claims for higher charge (reliability charges, etc) to ‘ensure’ continued power to Mumbai.

RINFRA did not sign any deal with Tata - and now, from 31.3.2010, its also going to lose the  500MW that Tata was giving it.

5. Tata is selling Power outside Mumbai for a profit.
Yeah, sure, Tata is getting money for the power it supplies to MSEDCL. There is nothing in the EA 2003 that can force a Generating company to supply power to any particular area/distributor.

Even RINFRA is selling power generated by its own companies, outside the State - RINFRA’s
Samalkot plant generates 220MW, Goa does 48MW and Kochi has 165MW - but does ANY of this come to Mumbai?? WHY??

RINFRA has been desperately trying to get the environmental clearance waived for its Dahanu expansion plan (1200MW) citing Mumbai shortage as the reason. The Supreme Court has stayed this - as it does not want any more pollution near Mumbai. Rightly so!

FINALLY …
I’m not in favour of Tata - neither am I against RINFRA - I’m in favour of the CONSUMER, his/her rights, and the deal he/she is getting from the suppliers.

If anyone feels differently - they are most welcome - but for now, the law is WITH us consumers - we have a choice and we should be given the right to switch suppliers and put our own meters,
so till the law changes … well, this is it!

You decide…

For more info, join the BIJLEE group on Yahoo by sending an email to bijlee-subscribe@yahoogroups.com - or just visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bijlee/ and read the messages.

Thanks, for your time - I value it :)

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By Sandeep Ohri – September 2, 2009