Chennai: Governor K Rosaiah on Monday blamed the previous DMK regime and the lackadaisical attitude of the Central government for the present power situation in Tamil Nadu.
"Despite the best efforts of the State government, the power scenario in TN continued to be a matter of concern. The non-addition of generating capacity by the previous government and the lackadaisical response from the Centre to our request for additional allotment of power from the central pool, have put the people of TN in a fix," observed the Governor in his address the Assembly.
He said in order to revive the power utilities from financial mess, the government had provided Rs 2,600 crore as share capital support and Rs 955 crore as loan. Further, the government was making all out efforts to improve the energy availability and reduce the shortage.
"Since this government assumed charge, a capacity addition of 30 mw under State sector and a share of 113 mw from Central generating stations have been made in addition to 556 mw of wind energy. New projects with a total capacity of 4,704 mw are to be commissioned in the next two years," he said.
Land Pooling System
On providing quality road infrastructure, he said a land pooling system would be followed in green field road projects to enhance the benefits of land owners. A performance-based maintenance contract system would be put in place on a pilot basis in Coimbatore circle shortly and it would be scaled up throughout the State.
PPP in Toursim
Stating that the government would endeavour to provide world-class services to domestic and international tourists, the Governor said the inclusive tourism infrastructure project funded by the Asian Development Bank would be launched shortly. The policy of promoting tourism under Public Private Partnership (PPP) would also gain momentum.
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