Meri Awaz: Uttarpradesh : Is state having any development path?

I applause the effort put by union coal minister Shri Prakash Jaiswal to expedite the process for establishing two coal based power plants in Uttarpradesh. Today this highest populated Indian state is facing the power supply as the biggest acute problem. The continuous state government’s negligence has kept the state in the most chaotic condition. Today no major industries are getting attracted towards this state simply because there is no proper electricity supply. In summer season the whole state faces the brunt of heat & each year the state government gives the assurance of proper power supply to aam-adami but forgets theses assurance in the temper of ruling government.

Recently all the newspapers printed the news that state owned power major NTPC rejected a plan to establish a power plant near to Jhansi & Lalitpur simply because state ruling government (BSP) denied to provide required land. When the competition is very tough between states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamilnadu etc to trap the power projects to laydown the progress path of their states, Uttarpradesh continuously neglecting all these basic requirement and boasting to have a pro-aam adami government. Navinpatanaik, CM, Orissa is running around PM and planning commission in New-delhi to clear the proposed POSCO, VEDANTA projects which will not only generate a huge employment to his state but also help to urbanize the poor and backward areas. But Uttarpradesh ruling government is no-more interested in such moves and want to make the growth & progress of state through day dreaming ideas.

Today when central planning commission has planned to add around 1 lakh megawatt more power generation capacity up to 2020, the 2% participation in power generation capacity of Uttarpradesh gives a very dull & muted planning of the ruling government . Today the state shares around 17% national population which will reach to around 20% by 2020 and at that time power generation capacity share of the state will be less than 5%. All these statistics can be said that the ruling government is pushing to state towards a dull, non-progressive and obtuse future condition.

When the Bihar state, ranked one of the least developed states in planning commission’s 2007 report, is achieving the exponential growth under ruling CM Nitish Kumar government through a well and designed planning , it makes an essential need for the Uttarpradesh government to take some long term decisions which are very essential for the growth and development of state. As India is passing through a transition state and going to become amongst the major economies of the world in next two decades. A lot of FDI is attracted by Gujarat, Maharahtra, Orissa, Chhattisgrah, Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Andhra etc to strengthen their infrastructure to ascertain to match the international requirement, it makes very important for Uttarpradesh government to work on power projects which are the back bone of infrastructure development otherwise the state will be far-far behind than other states.