Disaster For Paid Paid Consumers of Electricity in Punjab

As per a news report in Jalandhar based popular daily "Punjab Kesari", there may be up to 50% increase in electricity rates in 2010.

This is nothing short of disaster because :-

Any increase applies to only paid consumers.

Punjab Government had given a solemn assurance to roll back the recent hikes. There seems to be grand exercise in red tapism going on to go on charging the hiked rates under some excuse or other..

Free consumers , including very wealthy rural landowners would remained untouched.

Humble urban shopkeepers would contiued to be billed at PENAL COMMERCIAL rates.

Fate of  abolition of octroi on electricity  ( which has been abolished in Punjab ) is uncertain.

IT SEEMS SOME OBJECTIONS ARE BEING INVITED FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS ( ARR ).

PAID CONSUMERS SHOULD PUT IN THEIR STRONG OBJECTIONS.