Power consumers being cheated: Congress
The Congress party, on Thursday, said the Goa electricity department is deliberately delaying monthly electricity meter readings due to which power consumers in the state, who were supposed to be charged at a lower slab rate, are being charged a a higher rate. The electricity department charges domestic customers Rs 1.4 per unit if upto 100 units of power are consumed. If the units consumed are between 101 to 200, the charge levied is Rs 2.10 per unit. “To charge the consumers the above rates, the department has to bill them every month. Every fresh meter reading should be taken on the bill date and there should not be any difference in the issue date and bill date,” Goa pradesh Congress committee president for north Goa Vijay Bhike said. B.....