Priyanka raises issue of irregularities in power billing in UP; demands halving of rates for farmers

Voicing concern over alleged irregularities in electricity billing in Uttar Pradesh, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday urged the Yogi Adityanath government to act against those responsible for it and demanded that the rate of power for farmers be halved immediately.

The Congress general secretary in-charge UP also demanded that relief be given to weavers, artisans and small-scale industries in electricity consumption.

In a statement, she said that there was a “terror” of rising electricity bills and of meters in the whole of UP.

Noting there has been a big rise in electricity rates in the last few years, Priyanka Gandhi said that in the last eight years, the rates for rural household consumers have increased by 500 per cent, urban domestic electricity rates have risen by 84 per cent and for farmers the rates have increased by 126 per cent.