1) 30% of the present Indian Hydroelectricity is produced in Kashmir.
2) 7 out of the 11 hydroelectric Projects announced by NHPC are located in Kashmir accounting to 60% of the total electricity production .
3) NHPC in rest of the Indian States works on 50:50 sharing basis i.e. 50% of the electricity goes to the state and 50% is given to NHPC for the investment they put, But in Kashmir the equation changes.Only 12% is given to Kashmir as a Royalty and 88% is taken away by NHPC & supplied to the northern grid of INDIA via Punjab to DELHI HARYANA etc.
4) Incidentally, Peak hour requirement of Electricity in Kashmir is 2000 Megawatts. Not able to fulfill it, the Puppet Government of J&K has to buy Electricity worth 3600 crores annually from the same northern grid to which it supplies its produced electricity.
5) NHPC succeeds in producing the cheapest possible electricity in Kashmir i.e. 25 paisa per unit, but to fulfill its peak hour requirement, Kashmir has to buy the same Electricity at 10 Rupees a unit from the Northern grid. What is the profit??
6) Indus water treaty which was signed between India & Pakistan lays down the sharing pattern of the water bodies originating in Kashmir.As per that treaty, 3 rivers are shared by India to fulfill its water deficiency and the rest of the 3 are shared by Pakistan.What Kashmir gets in return is 12 % royalty from India
7) Punjab owes 1000s of crores to Kashmir but the problem is that instead of raising a voice no bodycares.
8) As per the figures given by Puppet Chief Minister OMAR ABDULLAH in May 2010, Kashmir suffers an Annual loss of 50000 crores when it’s water is used by India and Pakistan. Keeping the
share 50%, Kashmir is suffering a loss of whooping 25000 crores annually because of INDIA.Incidentally, in the year 2009-10, Kashmir received an annual central assistance of 13952 crores from India.
9) Out of these 13952 crores, 3600 crores was spent on buying its own electricity from the northern grid which was stolen by India. 5500 crores was used for the defense purpose just because 900000 Indian troops are present to guard Kashmir from 1500 militants (Government figure 2010) allegedly present over here. Rest of the money is being used for development purpose.
And still it says that we won't be able to withstand ourselves after we achieve freedom from India's illegal occupation. By the Grace of Almighty, Freedom is coming soon, Insha'allah
Interesting figures....I'm just curious as to how they are worked out? There's an identical (if not more severe problem) with resources taken by Pakistan. We should bear that in mind too.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, do we just speak for the Valley or for 84,000 sq. miles of the erstwhile Dogra State?