Dikshit meets Kejriwal, discusses power woes

Delhi | Thursday | 13th June, 2019

Summary:

Tribune News ServiceNew Delhi, June 12Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has agreed to order a probe into how crores of rupees on fixed charges were being collected to benefit power distribution companies. Kejriwal admitted that funds were being collected in the name of fixed charges by discoms, she said. The Congress delegation asked Kejriwal to immediately roll back the fixed charges and pension funds being illegally collected from the power consumers. The Congress delegation met the Chief Minister to tell him about the problems being faced by the people of Delhi, particularly the power outages and acute water shortage. She said the funds collected should be either returned to the people or adjusted against electricity bills of the next six months..