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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) Officers Association has expressed surprise over the remarks made by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, about the public utility being a `stumbling block' to the State's development plans.

The Prime Minister had made the remark on Wednesday while speaking to newspersons in Kochi during his just-concluded visit to the State. He had been quoted as saying that the `inefficiency of KSEB' as being responsible for holding back the State's industrial progress.

"We wonder what studies the Prime Minister was referring to and who their author is," the KSEB Officers Association said. There are significantly divergent views on what is wrong with the State's economy. But what should not be loss sight of is the fact that industries set up in the State over the last many years have been largely energy-intensive ones irrespective of what the ground situation ordained.

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