Delhi: BJP leader seeks 3 months electricity bills waiver due to Covid-19

NEW DELHI: Seeking relief for traders and common man reeling under financial challenges brought by Covid-19 and lockdown, leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri on Friday asked the Delhi government to waive off the electricity bills including fixed charges for three months – April to June.
The traders and common man suffered badly during Covid-19 second wave.
“Due to curfew, lockdown and other restrictions in Delhi, the trader community lost almost three months. The Delhi government should adopt a sympathetic view towards the consumers and waive off electricity bills for three months. Curfew was imposed in Delhi on April 6 and then a lockdown was announced on April 19,” Bidhuri said in a statement.
"People have got some relief after the unlock process was put into action but businesses remain badly affected. Overall business has been hit in the last 15 months. Traders are being asked to deposit fixed charges on electricity bills despite their shops and premises remaining closed. This is completely unjustified and against all norms because shops, offices and other premises were closed during the lockdown period and electricity was not used," Bidhuri said.
Bidhuri said even the common man and consumers deserve relief because they are also in bad financial shape. The AAP government should send a proposal to DERC to waive off three months bills.