Trade boss’ slur on JBVNL
Adityapur Small Industries Association (ASIA) president Inder Agrawal on Thursday accused the state-run discom Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL) of reluctance in giving the mandatory no-objection certificate (NoC) to owners of industrial units who want to switch over to Jusco, the wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Steel, as their power supplier.
ASIA president Agrawal said that of the 900-odd units in the industrial hub, so far over 200 entrepreneurs had switched over to Jusco, perceived as a far more reliable supplier.
“Jusco started operating here (the Adityapur industrial hub that flanks Jamshedpur) 12 years ago, but in the past one year, the pace of people shifting over to Jusco power from JBVNL has really slackened. And this is not because the JBVNL has shown any big improvement,
