Prayagraj, 02 June (HS): The City Congress Committee workers

have appealed to the Electricity Department to withdraw the order for recovery

of an additional 10 percent fuel surcharge in the electricity bills issued

during the current month. In a meeting held on Tuesday afternoon at the party

office in Chowk under the president ship of City President Fuzail Hashmi, they

opposed and expressed against the increase in electricity tariffs,

privatization, and smart meters.

In separate letters sent to the Governor, Chief Minister,

and Energy Minister, the party termed the Power Corporation’s order for 10

percent additional recovery as anti-consumers and demanded its immediate

withdrawal. It was stated that due to irregularities in smart meters, consumers

are receiving arbitrary and inflated electricity bills. The Regulatory

Commission has also termed such recovery as being against the rules.

It is learnt that a 10 percent fuel surcharge was also

charged from consumers in February this year. The Corporation should adjust

that amount accordingly in all consumers. Former spokesperson of UP Congress

Committee Kishore Varshney, Coordinator Harikesh Tripathi, Zia Ubaid, Parvez

Siddiqui, Sushmita Yadav, Afroz Ahmad, Anup Tripathi, Nayan Kushwaha, Manas

Shukla, spokesperson Shahnawaz Qureshi, Ram Manorath Saroj, Ishtiyaq Ahmad,

Rakesh Srivastava, Sartaz Mohammad, Rajkumar Shukla, Tabrez Ahmad, Rakesh

Patel, Pradeep Dwivedi, Ahmadullah, Kameshwar Sonkar, Naseem Qureshi, Keshav

Pasi, and others.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi