Power Starved NCR Spends Rs. 1400 Cr. On Diesel
A whopping amount of nearly Rs.1400 crore Per Annum is spent on Diesel for running Gen Sets by about 40,000 industrial units located in and around NCR belt to meet their production targets, according to The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM). Roughly, a yearly consumption of 35 crore litre of diesel is estimated by these industrial units.
Failure to abstain from making use of Gen Sets in NCR belt by these industrial units would cause them fall short of supplies commitments to vendors by over 40% as power situation in it remain extremely erratic and disruptive, adds the Chamber’s assessment.
The NCR belt during peak and lean production hours on an average suffer power scarcity for 8-10 hours a day, which has forced them to install on an average between 4-6 generator sets in each industrial location. It not only cause environmental and sound pollution but also is a sheer wastage of diesel consumption which otherwise should have been used for running road transport, says Mr. D.S. Rawat, Secretary General ASSOCHAM.
The assessment of the ASSOCHAM compressed in a brief study, however, points out that over 38,260 small medium & large industrial units including BPOs, ITes companies etc. are operating in Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Noida, Faridabad, Meerut, Loni, Ballabgarh, Bahadurgarh etc. These units roughly consume Rs.117 crore Per Month of diesel to get over disrupted and erratic power supplies to meet and honor their production and supplies commitments.
Releasing the Chamber assessment here today, Mr. Rawat said that the maximum diesel spending, i.e. of Rs. 675.84 crore Per Annum has been witnessed in NCR’s small units in view of their highest number (31286 units) followed by medium and large industrial units spend Rs. 386.24 crore and Rs. 341.75 crore respectively of diesel per annum. The NCR has approx. 4600 & 2374 units medium and large industrial units.
According to Chamber study, excess consumption of diesel for running Gen Sets by thousands of industrial units in the region, makes the industry incompatible as their margins suffer shrinkages because of high cost of diesel. But, gen sets have been installed out of sheer compulsions as power shortages in the region remain perennial even though the region experience good monsoon or bad one, that is a different issue.
“One can imagine the same huge diesel expenses by approx. 160 shopping malls, over 3400 shops in small markets, 260 hospitals and 460 medium and large institutions in the NCR and keeping in view 24 hours power, they are solely depended on generators”, pointed out Mr. Rawat.
In a bid to complete their production targets, while each small industrial unit spent Rs.16,000-20,000 per month of diesel, medium and large industrial units in the region are spending Rs. 60,000-80,000 and Rs.1 lakh to 1.35 lakh of diesel per month respectively on their industrial Gen Sets of large capacities.
On an average, each small, medium and large units spending Rs.18,000, Rs.70,000 and Rs.1.20 lakh of diesel per month respectively. The maximum diesel spending has been witnessed in the NCR’s BPOs units (upto Rs. 1.35 lakh) in view of their 24×7 working nature.
Despite whopping spendings on diesel, industrial units still suffer as capacities are not optimally utilized with gen sets. On the other hand, regular power supply has able to generate 90-100% quality production for the NCR’s industrial units.
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