A delegation of citizens from Takhatpur in Bilaspur district led by member of Chhattisgarh Electricity Regulatory Commission Harshita Pandey paid a courtesy visit to Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday morning.
The delegation thanked the Chief Minister for the historic decision taken at the Monsoon Session of the Chhattisgarh Assembly by passing a Bill reducing power tariff. The citizens said that during this time of inflation, by reducing the power tariff, the State Government has given much relief to the lakhs of power consumers. The delegation also thanked the chief minister for making provision of Rs 50 crore in the 2013-14 budget for the much awaited Rs 625 crore Arpa-Bhainsajhar major irrigation project.
With the completion of this project about 62,000 acre land in 92 villages of Kota, Takhatpur and Bilha development blocks of Bilaspur district could be irrigated. Through the Power Tariff Amendment Bill, the State Government has reduced the limit of domestic consumer electricity tariff to 8 per cent.The delegation comprised Takhatpur Nagar Panchayat elderman Mangla Pandey, Anwar Khan, Santosh Tiwari, Gorelal, Rakesh Kaushik, Omkar Soni, Dinesh Pandey, Narendra Nirmalkar, Saket Shukla, Vinod Yadav, Harish Tiwari, Rishi Patel, Ankush Shukla, Shubhangi Sharma, Sati Kaushik, Sunita Manikpuri and Vijaylakshmi Sharma.