Chennai:
The Tamil Nadu amil Nadu government assured the small and medium scale industries that the days of power cuts are over and also that the state is working towards becoming the number one power surplus state in the country.
Addressing a thanksgiving meeting to CM J Jayalalithaa by the National Confederation of Small Industry, State power minister Natham R Viswanathan said that small and medium enterprises can now conduct business in full faith without fearing power cuts.
Highlighting the efforts taken by the Chief Minister to tide over the power crisis after the previous DMK government put the state under a precarious situation with a power deficit of 4,000 MW, he said the situation was so grim that even the ministers thought it was a difficult task — one that might result in electoral defeat for the ruling party.
But after the CM’s assurance, things took a different shape. “Every Monday, she chairs the meeting of power department and is briefed about the various power projects in the state,” he says.
“Projects then began to take shape and now by December, the state would have enough power to tide over the crisis,” he assured.
He also reiterated that one should not think that the state government is satisfied with this. “We are also taking precautionary steps so that the state never faces a power crisis again. These include the five super critical power projects whose tenders have been called for,” he said.
He said every year TN requires an additional eight per cent of power. “We have taken this in consideration while evolving policies,” he said.
He also stated that we are not dependent on the Koodankulam power plant while taking a dig at Union Minister Narayanswamy, calling him “15-day Narayanswamy” due to his regular statements on when Koodankulam was to become operational.
The Power minister also hit out at the Centre for trying to worsen the power crisis. Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had repeatedly requested the Union government for additional 1,000 MW power for a year, but the Centre did not accede to her request. It failed to reallocate 1721 MW power surrendered by the Delhi government due to congestion in the transmission corridor.
But now there is a glimmer of hope with the target to link both the southern grid and the new grid, which consists of north, east, west and north-east areas — expected to be achieved by January 2014, he said.
Rural Industries Minister P Mohan highlighted the slew of measures announced for MSMEs including land at 50 per cent subsidy, 2000 acre land bank, land ownership for MSMEs after 30 years of lease, 20 per cent of area of industrial estates created for mega industries for MSMEs, 75 per cent grant and a maximum of `15 crore to get electricity and water connections. This would be a boon for the ailing MSME sector and it is also supplemented with measures on renewable energy, entrepreneurship development and special training programmes for women entrepreneurs.
The announcements highlight the path towards attaining the goals envisioned in the TN Vision 2023 document which was unveiled by the Chief Minister last year.
The Tamil Nadu amil Nadu government assured the small and medium scale industries that the days of power cuts are over and also that the state is working towards becoming the number one power surplus state in the country.
Addressing a thanksgiving meeting to CM J Jayalalithaa by the National Confederation of Small Industry, State power minister Natham R Viswanathan said that small and medium enterprises can now conduct business in full faith without fearing power cuts.
Highlighting the efforts taken by the Chief Minister to tide over the power crisis after the previous DMK government put the state under a precarious situation with a power deficit of 4,000 MW, he said the situation was so grim that even the ministers thought it was a difficult task — one that might result in electoral defeat for the ruling party.
But after the CM’s assurance, things took a different shape. “Every Monday, she chairs the meeting of power department and is briefed about the various power projects in the state,” he says.
“Projects then began to take shape and now by December, the state would have enough power to tide over the crisis,” he assured.
He also reiterated that one should not think that the state government is satisfied with this. “We are also taking precautionary steps so that the state never faces a power crisis again. These include the five super critical power projects whose tenders have been called for,” he said.
He said every year TN requires an additional eight per cent of power. “We have taken this in consideration while evolving policies,” he said.
He also stated that we are not dependent on the Koodankulam power plant while taking a dig at Union Minister Narayanswamy, calling him “15-day Narayanswamy” due to his regular statements on when Koodankulam was to become operational.
The Power minister also hit out at the Centre for trying to worsen the power crisis. Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had repeatedly requested the Union government for additional 1,000 MW power for a year, but the Centre did not accede to her request. It failed to reallocate 1721 MW power surrendered by the Delhi government due to congestion in the transmission corridor.
But now there is a glimmer of hope with the target to link both the southern grid and the new grid, which consists of north, east, west and north-east areas — expected to be achieved by January 2014, he said.
Rural Industries Minister P Mohan highlighted the slew of measures announced for MSMEs including land at 50 per cent subsidy, 2000 acre land bank, land ownership for MSMEs after 30 years of lease, 20 per cent of area of industrial estates created for mega industries for MSMEs, 75 per cent grant and a maximum of `15 crore to get electricity and water connections. This would be a boon for the ailing MSME sector and it is also supplemented with measures on renewable energy, entrepreneurship development and special training programmes for women entrepreneurs.
The announcements highlight the path towards attaining the goals envisioned in the TN Vision 2023 document which was unveiled by the Chief Minister last year.
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