Power Minister Ramakrishna (Sudin) Dhavalikar, after attending a workshop in Mumbai last week, has hinted at an imminent power tariff hike in Goa after comparing the charges of domestic and industrial rates per unit in Mumbai with those in Goa.
Instead, it would have been prudent if the honourable minister had studied why Mumbai has an uninterrupted power supply every day and all through the year, without power outages or breakdowns, as we witness every day in Goa. Even after six decades, it is a shame that Goa has not been able to give the people uninterrupted power supply, even after spending crores of rupees on underground cabling works and high-tension transmission lines.
Even the much-hyped Tamnar project is yet to take shape and supply additional power to the State. We need to get our priorities right and not deviate from the problems by making false promises, increasing power tariffs, and painting rosy pictures of solar power and smart meters.
