Kangan, Jan 12: Calling upon Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to categorize the electricity bills according to the paying capacities of the people, Member Parliament and senior National Conference leader, Aga Ruhullah, on Monday expressed concern over hike in the power tariff.
Talking to reporters here, Ruhullah said, “Most of the people here belong to the BPL category and live below the poverty line. The electricity fee is increased and increased equally for each category. The rates applied to the normal category are also applied to the BPL category and the fee is increased repeatedly.”
“The power tariff has increased from Rs 1800 to Rs 2200 and now it has been raised to Rs 2700. Wherever there is scope for increase, it should be increased.” However, he was quick to add, “The BPL category faces lot of difficulties in running their families. It is the responsibility of the government, the Chief Minister is also responsible, as he is also the minister of this department, it is his responsibility to categorize and bill the fees etc. according to the category.”
He said, “I also want to tell the government through you that we many promises through our manifesto, including that we will provide relief to the people. We can at least provide relief to the BPL category with regard to electricity.”
MP Ruhullah said he had come to Kangan to inspect some road projects that were given under PMGSY and were approved by the Government of India. “Funding has come and we are inaugurating four roads under PMGSY in Kangan. I would like to thank our officers who worked for their DPR etc. for these projects, helped us and we were able to make this funding possible. Hopefully, the work on these roads will be completed within the deadline and through this, the work will be completed and facilities will be provided to these populations—(KNO)
