Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi Wednesday announced his Cabinet’s decision to waive the pending power dues of 53 lakh households in the state.
Addressing media after chairing a Cabinet meeting, Channi said that power connections of about 55,000 to 1 lakh households have been disconnected.
“We discussed this in the Cabinet and decided to roll out the waiver from today itself. Only the pending bills will be waived off. The consumers will have to pay their bills from this month onwards.” Channi said.
He added that the waiver would mean a burden of Rs 1200 crore on the state exchequer. “It could even be more. These are the estimates.
