The District Congress Committee [DCC] on Monday staged a demonstration in front of the electricity subdivision office here protesting against the power tariff hike decision of the department.
DCC president Natabar Barik led the agitation accompanied by senior leaders and discussed OERC decision as anti-consumers.
He alleged that since TATA has taken over power distribution works, electric charges have been hiked twice in last seven months.
“We demand immediate roll back of the hike,” Barik claimed. DCC youth wing president Prasanta Kumar Mallick said while Odisha has earned name as a surplus power producing State in the country, ironically the people here are paying charges more than the charges in some other States who are not even producing power. Among others, DCC leaders Sarveswar Panda, Mahani Charan Rout, Pratima Mallick, Askhya Kumar Mohanty and Abhya Kumar Mohanty spoke. Later, they submitted a memorandum to the Governor seeking his interference.
