Press Note Eng Dt: 21/03/2011 on Urja MoU
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OFFICE OF THE LEADER OF OPPOSITION
Gujarat Vidhansabha, Gandhinagar.
Press Note 21st March, 2011
- Wrong figures by the government exposed in the question hour.
- Of the 114 MOU’s in the field of energy signed in the vibrant summit of 2007 and 2009, only three have become operational.
- Of the MOU’s of 4,53,000 crore of energy sector there is investment of one and half percent only.
- There is utter neglect of tribal area. There is not even one MOU for Dahod district in the vibrant summits of 2005 and 2007.
- Automated finger print system in many districts is not working properly even after expenditure of crores by the Forensic Laboratory.
- In Anand alone 521 small scale units were closed in 2001-02.
- Police personnel in the state are yet to be paid their dues of Rs 170 crore.
- BJP government of Gujarat has failed in giving leave pay and promotion to police.
In the question hour today there were questions from Congress MLA’s about investment in the field of energy in the vibrant summit of 2007 and 2009. In its reply the government stood exposed as it admitted that of the 114 MOU’s in the field of energy signed in the vibrant summit of 2007 and 2009, only three have become operational.
In a statement leader of Opposition Shaktisinh Gohil said that the government also admitted that of the MOU’s of 4, 53,000 crore of energy sector there is investment of Rs 5390 crore only which amounted to one and half percent only. Selected few are given precious land of developed areas at a platter while backward and tribal areas are neglected. Giving an example, Gohil said that in reply to a question of Deetabhai Machher government admitted that there is not even one MOU for Dahod district in the vibrant summits of 2005 and 2007.
In its reply to a Congress MLA Niranjan Patel government has admitted that in Anand district in one year 521 small scale , medium and micro units were closed while in another year 435 units were closed. This shows the approach of neglect of the state government towards small scale units, he said. As a result small scale units are closing down. Police personnel in the state are yet to be paid their dues of Rs 170 crore.
In today’s questionnaire in reply to question number 118 by Congress MLA Gyasuddin Sheikh the state government has replied that in 2005 17 MOU’s were signed. Of this only the Government of India’s Nuclear Power Corporation and two other companies have started production. The bubble of false propaganda in the name of development has burst.
During the discussion on Forensic Science Laboratory Gohil said that Automated Finger print identification system (AFPIS) has been developed at the cost of Rs.187 crore. But due to lack of connectivity no work has been done in many districts like Anand, Kutch, Himmatnagar, Surendranagar etc. There are 7, 37, 460 finger print investigation cases pending with the FSL which is criminal negligence.
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