Earlier, Samajwadi President Akhilesh Yadav had said that if his party comes to power, people will get 300 units of domestic electricity free of cost and thier irrigation bills will be waived off.
Kejriwal had also announced an eight-point poll plank to transform the education sector in the state, including regularizing the services of contract teachers.
Electricity imports from neighbouring countries like Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan account for half of the country's power consumption.
Channi said committees at the tehsil level would be formed to handle old bill waiver cases and verify the beneficiaries.
Punjab CM Charanjit SIngh Channi also emphasised that all the disconnected electricity connections will also be restored.
Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday took oath as the Chief Minister of Punjab. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and OP Soni also took oath as Deputy CMs.
According to the website of Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd, the electricity charges to the tune of Rs 8,67,540 of his Amritsar home are yet to be paid, with July 2 as the last date for making payment.
Another scorcher of a summer is upon us, and most of us are reaching for our AC remotes to keep cool. Electricity bills tend to triple and quadruple as summers push people to escalate AC use. And with a lot of family members still working or studying from home, this means correspondingly higher electricity bills.
In Uttar Pradesh's Meerut electricity bills can be deposited at government ration shops. The new process will take place from November.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president MK Stalin protested outside his residence in Chennai against Tamil Nadu government on July 21.
Taapsee Pannu, Renuka Sahane, Vir Das and Dino Morea took to Twitter to question electricity company for the sudden rise in their electricity bills.
Taapsee Pannu took to Twitter to complain that there has been an 'insane rise' in her electricity bill for the month of June 2020.
The Maharashtra unit of Aam Aadmi Party has demanded that the state government waive off electricity bills of up to 200 units for people who have suffered economically due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut on Sunday directed power firms to generate bills using the average reading method rather than by verifying meters at individual premises in wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
No electricity supply at home, yet villagers are receiving the electricity bills, this is the story of Chhattisgarh's Korea village.
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