Meghalaya is on the brink of another power crisis as NEEPCO regulates the supply

Meghalaya is near the precarious edge of

another force emergency, the third in a month, as utility NEEPCO sent a notification to the state government, expressing that it would manage supply from March 20 if Rs 504.41 crore duty are not cleared, an authority said on Wednesday.

The Union Power Ministry has likewise communicated worry over the powerlessness of the Meghalaya Power Distribution Corporation Ltd (MePDCL) to clear levy even as an advance of Rs 1,345.72 crore has been endorsed to it for the reason.

In a letter toward the North Eastern Regional Load Despatch Center of Power System Operation Corp on Tuesday, NEEPCO's Executive Director (Commercial) NK Mao said that regardless of steady influence at different levels, MePDCL has neglected to get the remarkable levy against the buy free from power from its force stations.

Duty of MePDCL proceed to heighten and the remarkable more than 45 days have accumulated to Rs 156.70 crore as of March 15, and there is another forthcoming of Rs 347.71 crore, taking the absolute levy to Rs 504.41 crore, Mao said in the letter.

"Taking into account the previously mentioned circumstance, NEEPCO has no other choice except for to practice its alternative accommodated by focal power administrative commission (Regulation of Power Supply) Regulations, 2010," he said.

Notice has likewise been served for nonstop guideline of supply to MePDCL from all the force stations of NEEPCO for a time of a half year with impact from March 20, or till such time the remarkable levy of over 45 days are exchanged, whichever is prior, Mao said.

The Union Power Ministry has additionally kept in touch with the state government, taking steps to pull out the Rs 1,345 crore advance authorized to clear forthcoming levy to focal force age organizations.

"It involves worry that MePDCL can't profit of this chance reached out by the Government of India to clear their duty... the MePDCL might be encouraged to demand REC and PFC to dispense the leftover portions to NEEPCO... bombing which authorization of the credit will be responsible to be removed," Tanmay Kumar, joint secretary in the Power Ministry, said in his March 12 letter.

The MePDCL has benefited Rs 386.86 crore so distant from the Rural Electrification Corp (REC) and Power Finance Corp, a senior force official here said.

This sum was dispensed to the focal utilities in January as the primary portion of the main tranche of the credit, he said.