Power supply in Gurgaon, Panipat
Franchisee system soon
Manish Sirhindi
Tribune News Service

Panipat, November 23
Amid strong protests from Haryana power engineers, the state is all set to introduce the franchisee system for the distribution of the electricity in Panipat and Gurgaon. According to sources in state power utilities, CRISIL, which had been hired to study the franchisee system, recently submitted four sets of proposals to the government.

The sources said on the basis of the proposal, the franchisee could initially be introduced in any one of the four areas of Gurgaon city, Gurgaon and Sohna, Gurgaon and Dharuhera and complete Gurgaon circle. Later, the same process would be adopted for Panipat also.

However, the Haryana Power Engineers Association, which had been opposing the move right after it was conceived by the government, lamented that it was beyond comprehension as to why distribution of power of prime industrial and commercial areas of state was being handed over to private franchisees even as both Panipat and Gurgaon circles had registered low losses and high collections.