Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Jan 10: Sarpanch, Ravinder Singh Lablu, Panchayat Halqa Kheli Mandi, Samba today demanded waiving off of Electric and Water tariff to the people of Samba district.
The demand was made by him at a press conference here, along with a large number of Sarpanches and Panches of Samba. Sarpanch Ravinder Singh Lablu said that the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department and Power Development Department (PDD) are issuing the bills of lakhs of rupees, but the people who belong to Below Poverty Line (BPL) are facing lot of trouble as they can’t afford the payment.
He demanded that free of cost electricity and water supply be given to the BPL people and the farmers whose crops were damaged due to the unseasonal rains and hailstorm. There are many people whose bills of water and electricity are running in lakhs of rupees and therefore the same be waived off as they are unable to make payments, he added.
He has made appeals to Lt Governor G C Murmu and Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in this regard seeking their immediate intervention in the matter.
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