Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday pitched for offering as much as 300 units of free electrical energy and round the clock power supply to shoppers in Punjab.
Amid a power disaster in Punjab, Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday pitched for offering as much as 300 units of free electrical energy and round the clock power supply to shoppers in the state. Sidhu additionally mentioned that home and industrial shoppers ought to be given electrical energy at cheaper charges.
“Punjab already provides 9000 crore subsidy but we must do more for Domestic & Industrial consumer giving power at Rs 3-5 per unit instead of surcharge inflated Rs 10-12 per unit, along 24-hour supply with No Power-Cuts & Free Power (Up to 300 Units).. It is definitely achievable,” mentioned Sidhu in a tweet.
Sidhu’s tweet got here days after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal promised 300 units of free electrical energy for every family and 24-hour power supply if his occasion AAP involves power subsequent 12 months.
The cricketer-turned-politician reiterated that “faulty” power buy agreements signed through the erstwhile SAD-BJP regime ought to be nullified by means of a regulation. “Let us start with Congress High Command’s Pro-People 18 Point Agenda and get rid of the faulty un-negotiable Badal-signed Power Purchase Agreements through “New Legislation in Punjab Vidhan Sabha” fixing charges as per National Power Exchange with No fastened expenses !” mentioned Sidhu in one other tweet.
Sidhu had earlier additionally batted for a regulation to nullify the power buy agreements (PPAs) signed through the tenure of the earlier SAD-BJP authorities.
The Amritsar East legislator has been at loggerheads with the Punjab chief minister and has attacked him over a number of points in the previous.
On Saturday, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had mentioned his authorities would quickly announce its authorized technique to counter the “ill-conceived” PPAs through the earlier SAD-BJP regime.
Singh had additionally mentioned these PPAs, which had been already below evaluate, had put an “atrociously unnecessary” monetary burden on the state.
Of the 139 PPAs signed throughout by the erstwhile SAD-BJP authorities, 17 had been sufficient to cater to the state’s full power demand, the CM had mentioned.
The remaining 122 for 1314 MWs of costly power had been inexplicably signed, placing an pointless monetary burden on the state, he had mentioned.
Before coming to power in 2017, the Congress had promised that it might renegotiate the present PPAs to make sure low value power.
Punjab had been reeling below an unprecedented power scarcity with city and rural areas dealing with lengthy hours of load shedding amid scorching warmth.
The State-owned power utility PSPCL on Saturday had mentioned that following the measures taken by the state authorities, eight-hours of power was being provided to all agriculture shoppers and there have been additionally no scheduled power cuts on home, industrial, small and medium supply industrial shoppers in the state.
