This is a list of firms that were blaklisted in Uttarakhand.

Irregularities in the allotment of hydropower projects in Himachal Pradesh are in the news again.

A senior BJP leader, in a letter written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has accused Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh of shielding the corrupt by allotting the power projects to dubious firms.

Speaking to India Today, former BJP State Executive Committee Member, Kushal Jethi, said the allotment was not transparent as some of the firms share the same address.

DIFFERENT COMPANIES, SAME ADDRESS

"Many companies- Kapil Mohan Associated Hydro Power Pvt Ltd, Chandigarh Distilleries and Bottlers Ltd, Kut Energy(P) Ltd and Himani Chamunda Thingri- project operate from the same address ie SCO-140-141, Sector-34-A, Chandigarh which means something is fishy. These firms have been allotted six power projects of different capacity in Himachal Pradesh," Kushal Jethi said.

The BJP leader gane another example and said that five other firms which were allotted projects in Himachal Pradesh also operated from one in Uttar Pradesh.

Citing an RTI information, he said that Sumte Kothang Hydro-Power(P) Ltd, Purthi Hydropower(P) Ltd, Lara Sumta hydropower(P) Ltd, Telling Hydropower (P) Ltd, and Shangling Hydropower(P) Ltd also operated from one address ie D-390, Sector 10, Noida.

List of projects allotted in Himachal Pradesh. See different firms with same addresses. List of projects allotted in Himachal Pradesh. See different firms with same addresses.

FIRMS BLACKLISTED IN UTTARAKHAND, GET PROJECTS IN HIMACHAL

Jethi claimed 15 hydropower firms, out of a total 30 which were blacklisted by the then Uttrakhand government for corruption and violations between 2007 and 2012, managed to get power projects in Himachal Pradesh.

One of the prominent blacklisted firms which was allotted projects in Himachal is Kapil Mohan Associated Hydro Power Pvt Ltd.

List of blacklisted firms in Uttarakhand. List of blacklisted firms in Uttarakhand.

This is not the first time that irregularities in the allotment of power projects has come to light in Himachal Pradesh.

Earlier, in December 2013, Virbhadra Singh Cabinet had courted a controversy by giving a 10 month extension to Venture Energy and Technology Pvt Ltd which had defaulted on a hydropower project allotted to it in 2002.

CONGRESS, BJP BOTH INVOLVED?

Sources said that the state's Congress government had showered small and medium hydel power projects on Congress leaders between 2003 to 2007. The leaders allegedly sold the projects to industrial houses and pocketed huge commissions.

Interestingly, some of the hydel power projects in question were also allotted during the BJP regime. The BJP leader has demanded a CBI probe into the allotment of power projects to dubious firms.

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