The commission began writing a report on dedicated and trunk lines

Falgun 25, 2080

The commission began writing a report on dedicated and trunk lines

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The Commission of Inquiry on Dedicated Feeder and Trunk Line, formed to resolve the dispute regarding the tariff of dedicated feeder and trunk line, has started writing a report. The commission has to prepare a report within 16 days and submit it to the government. However, the commission has doubts that the work will be completed within the specified period.

 

Chairman of the Commission Girish Chandra Lal said that they will try to submit the report in writing by March 10. We want to finish our work within Chait 10. But we cannot say whether it is possible or not," he said. "We are working." He said that the government has only extended the time by one month even though he requested for more than one month. 

"We collected and studied documents and old reports related to dedicated and trunk lines," said Lal, chairman of the commission, "we also called industrialists and authorities and held hearings for 5 days." He informed that the report is now being written. According to him, the commission will write its opinion in the report considering the law, the related judgments, old reports and the issues heard during the hearing. "We express our conclusions in opinions, not our decisions," he said, "The final decision is the government's." The decision regarding the tariff is made by the authority itself.

The number of industries that started cutting electricity from December 6 by the Nepal Electricity Authority increased to 24 on December 23, following the instructions of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Among them, Himal Iron had connected the electricity by paying the outstanding amount. The operators of the rest of the industries were adamant that they would not pay the dues until the authority showed the TOD meter data. On the other hand, the authority was in the position of leaving the dues. Ever since the authority started cutting the electricity, the industrialists have been demanding that a high-level commission should be formed and the problem resolved. 

On the 19th day of power cut, the government formed a commission in accordance with the demand of the private sector. Federation of Nepal Chamber of Commerce and Industry issued a statement on December 9 and demanded the formation of a high-level empowered commission to resolve the dedicated and trunk line disputes. Soon after, on December 13, a team of affected industrialists under the leadership of Rajesh Kumar Agarwal, president of the Confederation of Nepal Industry, in a meeting with Prime Minister Dahal, demanded the formation of a high-level commission under the chairmanship of a former judge of the Supreme Court based on the Investigation Act, 026. 

On December 24, the Cabinet meeting constituted a three-member commission under the leadership of former Supreme Court judge Girish Chandra Lal to study the dedicated and trunk line dues dispute. Sushil Chandra Tiwari, Secretary, Water Resources and Irrigation, Ministry of Energy, Narayan Prasad Sharma, Secretary, Commerce and Supply, Ministry of Industries, are members of the Duwadi Commission. Along with the formation of the Commission, the Council of Ministers also decided to instruct the Nepal Electricity Authority to operate the electricity of 23 industries whose lines were cut. After the decision of the board of directors of the authority on December 27, electricity was finally installed in the industry.  Manoj Silwal, deputy executive director of the authority, said that the documents requested by the commission have been provided. "Dedicater had also given the opportunity for a hearing regarding the dues of the trunk," he said, "Why and on what basis will the authority collect the dues?" We also presented the basis for it.

Dhruv Thapa, the owner of Cosmos Cement Industry, said that the commission also called the industrialists for the hearing and told the commission about the problems of the private sector. 

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