Congress’ urban MLAs seek cut in power tariff at meeting with Sidhu

Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday held a meeting with party ministers and MLAs from urban areas during which several of them pressed for reduction in power rates and restoration of electricity connections disconnected due to non-payment of bills before next year’s assembly polls.

The three-hour meeting held by the newly appointed state unit chief at Punjab Congress Bhawan here for first-hand feedback from party leaders also saw the party legislators take up the regularisation of buildings and plots in illegal colonies, need to avoid confrontation and ensure round-the-clock power supply and easing the process of NOC for registration of property in urban areas among others.