As many as 53 lakh households are expected to be covered under the decision, taken during a Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday. The state Cabinet also decided that disconnected electricity connections of consumers, who could not pay their bills, will also be restored.
Maintaining that the Government would bear the burden for the sake of the poor, the Chief Minister said that the waiver would mean a burden of Rs 1200 crore on the state exchequer, which could even be more as these are just the estimates.