Kejriwal assures relief to industries on fixed power charges

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday said the government will take steps to provide relief to industries over fixed power charges they have to pay during the lockdown period from March-June. “… Adequate steps will be taken to provide relief, vis-a-vis the fixed power charges that commercial and industrial units are obliged to pay despite economic losses due to corona,” the government said in a statement.

Over the past few months, industrialists have approached the government seeking relief from fixed charges during the lockdown when most units remained closed. Industries are charged Rs 250/KW as fixed charges. “They keep assuring us, but nothing has happened yet,” Ashok Jain, president of the Narela Industrial Complex Welfare Association, told The Indian Express.