High-profile Udhampur LS seat records around 70 pc polling
The Udhampur constituency sprawls from the plains of Kathua touching Punjab to the mountainous regions of Kishtwar and Doda.
NEW DELHI, 27 JULY: Slamming Delhi government on the recent power hike, the Delhi BJP has today decided to hold citywide agitation saying the anti-people move will be ‘an additional burden’ to the people already reeling under the pressure of rising prices of all commodities
Delhi BJP president, Mr Vijay Goel, said in a press conference that the party will hold a massive rally on the issue at Ramlila Maidan on 11 August.
Reacting sharply over the tariff hike Mr Goel said that the common people of Delhi are already bearing ‘the large holes in their pockets’ due to the mismanagement of state government and this step will only cause more miseries to them. It is shameful that chief minister of Delhi Mrs Sheila Dikshit instead of protecting the interest of common people working in hand in glove with the private discoms, he said. The recent 5 percent tariff hike has resulted in an increase of 72 percent in power tariff over the last two years and 22 lakh household will be affected by this, he said. This is another way of filling discoms pockets with public money, said the Mr Goel.
With the new charges coming into effect, electricity prices for 200 units will be hiked by 20 paisa, from 200-400 units will be 30 paisa and 400 and above will costs 1.50 paisa per unit. Mr Goel also added "There is a lack of transparency and the Delhi government and the DERC have become stooges of the discoms. The ultimate sufferer is the common man. In fact the hike announced yesterday is just tip of an iceberg. The DERC and Delhi government are getting ready to dole out Rs. 19.505 crore as outstanding regulatory assests." sns
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