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Just ‘power’ play

Energy Minister Surya Narayan Patro is reported to have said that Orissa is power surplus and that there would be no shortage. His claims are based on false facts.

The State has so far not been able to provide electricity to all rural pockets, which is the reason behind the claims of being power surplus. In many coastal villages, people are yet to get power that was disconnected after the super cyclone of 1999. The Minister should not present the inefficiency of his department in a different manner. The rural electrification programme is not moving forward. The Minister should first set his own house in order.

Sridhar Mishra

Bhubaneswar

Rather than opposing the entry of large retail chains selling consumer goods like grocery items through violent protests, small retailers should try to maintain quality of their goods. It has been proved that ‘arhar’ and ‘chana’ dal sold at most retail units are substandard as a result of which they are not tasty. Similarly, a customer usually doubts the quality of edible oil, masala and other items bought from small retailers. At times, fake packs of branded items like tea are sold to gullible customers by small retailers. The large retail chains maintain quality of items sold. Small retailers can win back customers only by maintaining quality.

Manjushree Das

Puri

The demand for establishing a bench of the High Court at Berhampur is long-pending. The Ganjam Bar Association has been agitating for it since long. This is in spite of the government’s keenness to do so.

Berhampur is one of the largest populated city in South Orissa and one of the commercial hubs in the State. Still, it has been neglected in several ways.

The demand of the lawyers is justified. It is high time a permanent bench of the High Court is established at Berhampur. Litigant public from Berhampur have to go all the way to Cuttack to file petitions in the High Court. The demand should be met without any further delay in the interest of common man.

S.R. Krishna

Berhampur

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