L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 805
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*** Delhi Electric Supply and Traction Company**
- Mr. K. C. Neogy : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the Delhi Electric Supply and Traction Company Limited, is a company incorporated outside India ? How long has this Company been operating in the Delhi Province and what is the area served by it ?
(b) How many units of electricity did this Company use for traction purposes, how many units did it sell to consumers in its area of supply during the past twelve months or so, how many units out of its total supply did it generate from its own power station, and how many units did the Company buy from the Delhi Central Electric Power Authority Limited ?
(c) Is it a fact that the Delhi Electric Supply and Traction Company Limited has not increased the supply of current from its generating station to any considerable extent for a number of years, and has been for some time, for all practical purposes, dependent upon the Government power station at present under the control of the Delhi Central Electric Power Authority Limited ?
(d) Is it a fact that the Delhi Central Electric Power Authority Limited is a company sponsored by Government and works on a no-profit basis ?
(e) What is the price that the Delhi Electric Supply and Traction Company Limited pays per unit of electricity supplied by the Delhi Central Electric Power Authority Limited, and what are the different rates at which the Delhi Electric Supply and Traction Company Limited sells electricity to its different classes of customers ?
(f) Is it a fact that the Government have an option to purchase the Delhi Electric Supply and Traction Company Limited in February, 1947, when their present licence expires, provided a notice is served on the Company in February 1945 ? If so, has the question of exercising the option been considered as yet, and with what result ?
(g) What is the amount that the Government will have to pay in case they decide to purchase this undertaking, and to what extent will the
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. V of 1944, 15th November 1944, p. 780