Telangana govt should waive electricity bills for BPL families and SMEs for lockdown period : Congress chief N Uttam Kumar Reddy

Telangana Cong chief urges govt to waive power bills for poor, MSMEs for lockdown period on Sunday.

In a letter to Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, he also demanded appropriate reduction in bill amount for other consumers.

"We request you to kindly announce 100 per cent waiver of electricity bills for the lockdown period for the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families," Reddy, who is Nalgonda MP wrote.

While the power bills of



all white ration card holders should be waived completely, the bill amount for others should be reduced appropriately by rectifying all the mistakes in the billing method, he further said.

"Similarly, the power bills, including fixed, minimum and regular charges, of all Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) should also be waived completely for the lockdown period as they could not carry out any commercial activity," Uttam Kumar Reddy said in the letter.