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| Jayalalithaa Appeals to PM |
| Jayalalithaa Appeals to PM Modi to Ensure Required Allotment of Kerosene to Tamil Nadu
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| INDIA
, 12-July-2014
6:33:23 AM |
| Arguing against the "unfair and cruel reductions in allocation of kerosene" to Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has once again sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to ensure allotment of the state's monthly requirement of over 65,000-kl.
In a letter dated July 11, which was released by the state government today, the Chief Minister reminded that she had highlighted the issue in a memorandum presented to Mr Modi during their meeting last month.
While Tamil Nadu's requirement as per entitlement of ration card holders in the state was 65,140-kl, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry under the previous United Progressive Alliance or UPA regime had allocated 59,780-kl of kerosene per month up to March, 2010.
But that allotment was successively reduced on 10 occasions despite protests by her government, she said, adding that the present monthly allocation of kerosene for the state stands at 29,056-kl, which only covers 45 per cent of its requirement.
Contrary to the hopes that the "arbitrary and unjust reductions" would be reversed and cuts imposed by the UPA government would be undone with National Democratic Alliance or NDA coming to power, the Chief Minister said she was disappointed to learn that even in the latest order of July 1, TN has been allocated only 29,060-kl per month, the same as the preceding quarter.
"I presume that this allocation was at the official level following past precedent. The unfair and cruel reductions in allocation of kerosene in the past three years to TN to the extent of more than 55 per cent against the actual requirement is severely penalising the poor and deprived people, particularly in rural areas," she said.
The "capricious cuts" imposed by the previous government would also have an environmental impact since the poor have to rely on firewood, she said.
"I am confident that your government will not allow such an unjust state of affairs to persist," Jayalalithaa said,
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