The suggestions of the task force will be submitted to the steering committee led by chief secretary D P Bagchi which will place it before the state cabinet for approval. The committee will consist of experts in power sector from outside the State.
Energy secretary is likely to be the convener of the committee.
Energy Minister AU Singhdeo had recently announced in the Assembly that he had already sent a proposal to Chief Minister Navin Patnaik for constitution of a high-power committee. . Justifying his claim , he said that the incident was a fallout of the unholy nexus among the company authorities, local leadership as well as the district and local administration who wanted to unleash a reign of terror on the innocent tribals of the area in an attempt to deprive them of their rights to demonstrate. Copyright 2000 Ortel Communucation Pvt.