Kya bijli ke bilon mein koi relief milega? Yahaan mahireen kya kehte hain
Jamia Karachi ke Applied Economics Research Center (AERC) ne Jumeraat ko mulk mein energy ke buhran ke hawale se challenges aur unke hal par ek mabahis ka intizam kiya.
Taqreeb ke douran muqarrireen Pakistan ka energy buhran aur IPPs kis tarah overbilling meyaar zindagi aur hal ke raste par asar andaz hoti hai. Pakistan mein azadi se lutf utha rahe hain aur unki performance, production, aur unke sath hone walay muahidoon par koi check and balance nahi hai.
Unhone hazireen ko aagah kiya ke ab mulk jaan chuka hai ke IPPs ki aksariyat bilwasta un logon ki milkiyat hai jo maazi aur mojooda hukoomaton ka hissa hain, aur yeh bhi samajhte hain ke isi wajah se un IPPs ke khilaaf koi sakht karwai nahi ki ja rahi jo bohot kharab record rakhti hain.
Social Policy Development Center Karachi se talluq rakhne walay Muhammad Sabir ne bataya ke bijli ke nirkh us waqt tak kam nahi honge jab tak mutaliqa hukam apne mafad ke bajaye awam ko tarjeeh nahi dete.
Unhone kaha ke yeh kitni badkismati ki baat hai ke hum apne coal ke wasail se faida uthanay ke bajaye bijli paidah karne ke liye coal import karte hain. Unhone kaha ke IPPs ke sath zyadatar muahiday awam ke baare mein soche samjhe baghair kiye gaye.
Muhammad Sabir ne bataya ke woh IPPs jo bijli faraham nahi kar rahay, unhein bhi poori aur waqt par adaigi ki ja rahi hai. Dosri taraf, IPPs ke sath mehngay muahidoon, line losses, aur overbilling jese maamlat ab hamari baqa ka masla ban chuke hain.
AERC ke faculty member Dr. Aamir Siddiqui ka khayal hai ke Pakistan mein bijli ke charges jald kam hone wale nahi hain, kyun ke hukoomat ne petrol aur bijli ko aamdani ka zariya bana liya hai.
Unhone kaha ke mazi aur mojooda hukoomaton ne IPPs ke faide ko mehfooz rakhne ko yaqeen banaya jis se mulki khazane ko buri tarah nuqsan pohancha aur awam ko unke buniyadi huqooq se bhi mehroom rakha gaya.
Unhone kaha ke awam ki janib se shadeed tanqeed ke bawajood hukoomat IPPs ke sath ghair munصفana mu’aahidon par nazar sani karne ke liye tayyar nahi hai. Dr. Aamir ne kaha ke mulk mein 100 ke qareeb IPPs hone ke bawajood bijli ke charges mein musalsal izafa ho raha hai jabke unhein kam rehna chahiye tha, lekin awam ke haq mein kuch nahi ho raha.
Unhone mazeed kaha ke Pakistan talab se zyada bijli paidah kar raha hai, lekin phir bhi kai shehron ko taweel load-shedding ka samna hai jabke charges asman ko choo rahe hain, jo ke tashwishnaak hai.
Dr. Aamir ne mazeed kaha ke IPPs ka culture 1994 mein shuru hua tha aur koi bhi hukoomat muahiday par nazar sani karne ki zehmat gawara nahi karti aur na hi woh IPPs ko unke mayar aur khidmaat ko behtar karne ki hidayat karti hai, halan ke unhein dollar mein adaigi ki jati hai ya dollar ki sharahe tabadla ke masawi raqam di jati hai.
AERC ki aik aur faculty member, Dr. Fauzia Sohail ne bataya ke September 2008 se pehle mayari slab 50 units se kam ya iske barabar, 1-100 units, 101-300 units, 301-1000 units, aur 1000 se zyada units istemal mein thay. Karachi mein September 2008 ke baad in slabs ko 1-100 units, 101-300 units, 301-700 units, aur 700 se zyada units ke sath tabdeel kiya gaya tha aur 2014 se, hum 1-100 units, 101-200 units, 201-300 units, 301-700 units, aur 700 se zyada units ke liye mukhtalif raqam ada kar rahay hain. Aur tamam bil sab se zyada slab rate par wasool kiye jatay hain.
Unhone kaha ke tariff mein izafa ki wajah se kam aamdani walay gharanon ko sehat, transport, mawaslaati zarae, tafreeh, taleem, rehaysh aur indhan par auastan kam raqam mukhtas ki jati hai.
Kam o besh, darmiyani aamdani walay gharanon ke liye bhi aisa hi namoona dekha jata hai, aur zyada aamdani walay gharanon ne bhi transport aur restaurants ke ilawa apne budget mein tabdeeli ki.”
Unhone note kiya ke bijli ki barhti hui qeematon ne ghareeb gharanon ko zarooriyat ke ilawa doosri ashya par apne kharajat kam karne par majboor kiya.
Doosri taraf, unhone kaha, is se mukhtalif khoraak aur ghair ghizai ashya ki qeematon mein izafa hota hai, jis se ghareeb gharanon ke zaroori saman par kharajat barh jatay hain. Kam aamdani walay gharanon ke liye, bijli ke kharajat mein 1000 rupay ka izafa khane ke kharajat mein kami ke sath hai, aur sehat ke kharajat tamam aamdani ki satah par bohot zyada hain.
