27th June, 2008 Bandh in East Khasi Hills over power deal

This band seems to be sensible. Angry over the delay in scrapping the power deal with private companies, the Federation of Khasi Jaintia and Garo People (FKJGP) has announced a 12-hour bandh in East Khasi Hills district from 5am on June 27.It is alleged that despite several reminders, the Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) government remained non-committal on the issue of cancelling the power deal with the private companies.According to the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) signed at the end of last year, the state government has entered into a joint venture mode to develop power projects with six power companies. They are the Jaypee Group, Dharampal Satyapal Group, ETA Star Infrastructure Limited, Athena Project Private Limited, Seven Sisters Energy Limited and SEW Energy Limited. However, the NGOs in the state had pointed out that the state government did not go through the mandatory international competitive bidding before finalising the deal.