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Delhi halves power tariff, gives 20,000 litres free water
New Delhi, Feb 25
Twelve days after taking
over the reigns of power in Delhi, the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP
government Wednesday announced a 50 percent slash in power tariff up to
400 units and 20,000 litres of free water per household.
The rates will come into effect from March 1, announced Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia here after a cabinet meeting.
"The
reduction in power tariff will benefit 36,06,428 families, which is
around 90 percent of the city's population," Sisodia said, adding that
those consuming over 400 units would have to pay the full bill.
Sisodia
also said that around 18 lakh families will be able to reap the
benefits of free water and informed that the Delhi Jal Board has been
directed to speed up the process of setting up infrastructure to provide
water to colonies which do not have pipelines.
Slashing power
tariff and giving free water were two of the key electoral promises made
by the Aam Aadmi Party ahead of the Delhi assembly polls, which the
party won with a landslide majority.
During its last stint of 49
days in Delhi in 2014, the AAP government had announced a 50 percent
reduction in power bills as well as 700 litres of free water for every
household on a daily basis.