States »NortPosted at: Jul 1 2021 5:06PM

Capt has reneged on free power to farmers : Sukhbir

Chandigarh, July 1 (UNI) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday said that chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh has reneged on the free power facility extended to farmers by former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal by refusing to provide eight hours uninterrupted power supply to them during the peak paddy season.

“After betraying farmers by refusing to implement a complete farm loan waiver, the chief minister has now effectively made the free power facility redundant in Punjab. Farmers need power the most during the paddy season. Instead of the committed eight hours uninterrupted power supply they are being given three to four hours supply forcing them to spend thousands of rupees every day on diesel generators to save their paddy crop. All this is being done deliberately as part of a conspiracy to avoid paying subsidy to the State electricity utility for free power given to farmers in order to keep the subsidy bill down”.
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