CPI (M) opposes moveto hike power tariff
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The District Committee of the CPI(M) has known as upon the folks to oppose the proposed hike in power tariff and the merger of the Rural Electrification Cooperative Societies (RECS) with the Discoms.
The get together activists staged an indication on the company workplace of the Eastern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited (AP EPDCL) on Monday even because the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) launched a three-day programme to elicit public opinions on the proposed power sector reforms.
Cash profit transfers
The CPI (M) leaders mentioned that the federal government was making an attempt to put in meters for agricultural pumpsets, promote money profit transfers and withdraw the concessions being prolonged to the SCs, STs and BCs.
“The government is planning to handover the RECS in rural areas to Discoms and the move will render hundreds of persons jobless. The Centre and State governments are planning to tax farmers and general public in the name of power reforms,” they alleged.
