Srinagar: PDP Friday said it will not confine its approach to the return of Uri-I and Dulhasti power projects from NHPC but explore all options to make J&K rich in power resources.
The PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said that besides exploring the modalities of returning Uri-I and Dulhasti to Jammu and Kashmir, the party is striving to revise all royalties and would ensure that the state get its due share. We have put forward our point and pitched for one of six ultra mega thermal projects at Madhya Pradesh, Mehbooba said, adding that the PDP will go beyond the demand of Uri and Dulhastis return.
She maintained that the party will rectify the wrongs committed by the National Conference in the past and gave away the projects of the state against petty political gains.
We have the tenure of six years and we want to assure that the biggest problem faced by the people of the state is of power and same will be addressed during the present dispensation. Everything is in black and white. There is nothing hidden from the people of the state, Mehbooba said.
Pertinently, the Legislative Assembly Friday witnessed ruckus over the refusal of Center in returning the power projects to the state.
BJP favours return of power projects
Srinagar: The deputy chief minister Nirmal Singh Friday said the government is committed in bringing back the power projects from NHPC to state as mentioned in CMP between the PDP and BJP.
Dr Singh while talking to reporters outside the Legislative Assembly termed the uproar by the NC and Congress as an attempt to gain cheap publicity. He said that he has already held some talks with the Union power minister over the return of the power projects and that the state government would continue its efforts in bringing back Uri and Dulhasti from NHPC.
The deputy chief minister stated that the ruckus of the opposition parties is nothing but futile attempts to gain prominence. People know the politics of such partiers better that anyone and are aware that such tactics would not make them dearer to the people of state, he said.
He maintained that the government is committed in bringing back states power projects from NHPC and the state dispensation is working for the same. My only question is that what the previous government could not do in six years, how could the present government do that it mere 20 days, he added.
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