Haryana CMManohar Lal Khattar flayed the concept of free electricity supply like sops in the state.<\/p>\n
Khattar conveyed this during the 83rd meeting of the Forum of Regulators, organised by theHaryana Electricity Regulatory Commission.<\/p>\n
He said that with the objective of providing 24-hour electricity to the villages, the initiated Mhara Gaon-Jagmag Gaon Yojana fromKurukshetrain 2016, adding that today, 5,680 villages in the state; about 80 percent villages are getting 24-hour power supply.<\/p>\n
The CM said that in order to strengthen the power sector, the state government provided relief to the consumers by waiving off the overcharge. Not only this, defaulted consumers were given an option to pay the principal amount of their electricity bills in installments and the interest and surcharge of crores of rupees was also waived off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"