Hyderabad: A recent row has erupted between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on the problem of energy provide payments, following an order to Telangana from the Union Ministry of Energy on Monday. The ability ministry ordered TS pay AP Rs 6,756.92 crore throughout the subsequent 30 days.
The ministry stated the orders adopted representations from Andhra Pradesh over the dues owed by Telangana for energy purchases made between June 2, 2014, and June 10, 2017.
The cost have to be made inside 30 days, the order stated.
Hours after the orders from the Union Ministry of Energy bought into public area, the Telangana energy division stated it was Andhra Pradesh, which actually owed Rs 12.940 crore to Telangana as on December 31, 2021. Of this quantity, the division stated Rs 7,807 crore was the principal, and the stability Rs 5,134 crore was curiosity charged on the price of 10.5 per cent each year.
Reacting to the order, Telangana Energy Minister Ok Jagadish Reddy stated “that is nothing however one more vengeful act on a part of the Central authorities. Andhra Pradesh owes Telangana Rs 12,900 crore. The Centre by no means responded to our pleas on these dues.” The Centre, he stated, was solely capable of see letters from Andhra Pradesh, however not these written by Telangana.
He additional stated the Central Authorities is “intentionally plotting to plunge Telangana into darkness. The BJP authorities isn’t capable of digest the success of Chief Minister Ok. Chandrashekar Rao in making Telangana a power-cut free state. That is nothing greater than a transfer to make farmers pay for his or her energy provide.”
The Ministry of Energy stated Telangana owes Andhra Pradesh Rs 3,441.78 crore as energy provide dues, and one other Rs 3,315.14 crore as late cost surcharges.
It stated the ability was provided by Andhra Pradesh to Telangana as per the provisions of the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, which stipulated that the “successor state that has a deficit or electrical energy shall have the primary proper of refusal for the acquisition of surplus energy from the opposite successor state.”
The Ministry then stated that “each proper of 1 get together entails a corresponding responsibility. Proper and responsibility are co-joined and as such Telangana should pay the ability dues to Andhra Pradesh for electrical energy provided to them below the orders of Authorities of India below the AP Reorganization Act, 2014.”
It stated there was no dispute relating to the cost, and therefore, Telangana should pay Andhra Pradesh the cash owed for energy provide. These dues relate to energy provided by Andhra Pradesh between June 2, 2014, and June 10, 2017, the order stated, including that it acquired representations from Andhra Pradesh that Telangana has not paid these dues.
