Do not burden people with power tariff hike, says KTR

Hyderabad: BRS party working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) has raised concerns over a proposed electricity tariff hike by the Congress government, which could impose a burden of Rs18,500 crore on the public. KTR urged the Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) to reject the proposals put forth by the State government through the power distribution companies (Discoms). KTR along with ex minister and MLA Jagadish Reddy and other MLAs, party senior leaders met the ERC commission on Monday in city, and handed over a letter on behalf of BRS party. KTR expressed his apprehension about nine proposals made by the Discoms, which he believes would severely impact the financial well-being of the people. One key proposal suggests increasing fixed charges for households consuming more than 300 units per month, raising it from Rs10 to Rs50. KTR termed this proposal as “highly dangerous” and warned that it would push ordinary households into financial distress.

Further criticising the proposals, KTR pointed out that grouping all industries under a single category for tariff purposes is an ill-conceived and unfair idea, which could harm the industrial sector. “Such a move is unprecedented in the State and poses a grave threat to the State’s progress,” KTR said, adding that Telangana’s industrial sector is already under strain.

KTR highlighted that even Foxconn, a leading tech company, has not mentioned Telangana in its expansion plans, favoring other States like Maharashtra,

Tamil Nadu, and AP.