Left parties to spearhead stir against electricity charges
The Hindu
‘Consumers, already reeling under COVID-induced economic crisis, hit hard by true up charges’
Activists of the Communist Party of India(CPI) staged a demonstration at the Santhapeta Centre here on Saturday in protest against “hefty true up charges” imposed on the consumers by the electricity distribution companies to recover over ₹19,000 crore for the period between 2014-15 and 2018-19. The activists, led by party State committee executive member G. Eshwariah, said poor people who were struggling to make a living during the pandemic were hit hard by the decision of the ruling YSR Congress Party, which had come to power after promising that it would not hike power tariff if it was voted to power. Even Dalits, who were promised electricity free of cost, were not spared. The Left parties would spearhead a massive State-wide stir to press for the withdrawal of the true up charges, they said.More Related News