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 customers 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 customers in the state. Sidhu additionally stated that home and industrial customers needs 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,” stated 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 celebration AAP involves power subsequent yr.
The cricketer-turned-politician reiterated that “faulty” power buy agreements signed throughout the erstwhile SAD-BJP regime needs to be nullified via 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 !” stated Sidhu in one other tweet.
Sidhu had earlier additionally batted for a regulation to nullify the power buy agreements (PPAs) signed throughout 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 bunch of points in the previous.
On Saturday, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had stated his authorities would quickly announce its authorized technique to counter the “ill-conceived” PPAs throughout the earlier SAD-BJP regime.
Singh had additionally stated these PPAs, which have been already beneath assessment, had put an “atrociously unnecessary” monetary burden on the state.
Of the 139 PPAs signed throughout by the erstwhile SAD-BJP authorities, 17 have been sufficient to cater to the state’s full power demand, the CM had stated.
The remaining 122 for 1314 MWs of costly power have been inexplicably signed, placing an pointless monetary burden on the state, he had stated.
Before coming to power in 2017, the Congress had promised that it might renegotiate the prevailing PPAs to make sure low price power.
Punjab had been reeling beneath 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 stated that following the measures taken by the state authorities, eight-hours of power was being provided to all agriculture customers and there have been additionally no scheduled power cuts on home, business, small and medium supply industrial customers in the state.
