The Andhra Pradesh government has instructed its power utilities to purchase the entire power generated at the Hinduja Power Plant in Visakhapatnam.
Telangana has been demanding a share of the power at this plant as well as Krishnapatnam because these two projects were conceived in United Andhra Pradesh.
The Telangana power utilities had opposed the plans of their Andhra Pradesh counterparts to procure entire power from the Hinduja plant as it was in contravention of the provisions of the AP Reorganisation Act.
The X schedule of the Act stipulates that existing power purchase agreements with respective distribution companies should continue for the ongoing as well as projects under construction.
The Act stipulated that power generated in both the States should be shared in the ratio of 53.89 per cent and 46.11 per cent between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh respectively.
If Telangana wants to quote the AP Reorganisation Act in support of its claim then why is it objecting to the Krishna Board taking over the irrigation projects in Telangana? That is also part of the AP Reorganisation Act, right?
This is yet another instance of Telangana quoting the Act when convenient and completely discarding it when it goes against its plans.
