CITU national president reiterates Opposition against smart meter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: CITU national president Elamaram Kareem, MP, has said the Union government is trying to dismantle, destroy and sell out the public electricity sector to its close corporate partners.

Speaking to reporters at BTR Bhavan after the two-day-long national working committee meeting of the Electricity Employees’ Federation of India (EEFI), Kareem reiterated that the smart meter project under the TOTEX (total cost of expenditure combining capital expenditure and operational expenditure) model will not be implemented in the state.