The Congress on Wednesday alleged that the State Government is looting people in close collaboration with the Tata Power while people are already running through difficult times because of the Covid pandemic.
Party leaders also accused the Government of raising the electricity tariff twice in a particular financial year by an additional 80 paise per unit whereas the provision to increase the tariff has been specified once in a year only.
Rajani Mohanty, Deepak Mohapatra and Amiya Pandav told reporters that the company is deliberately delaying issue of bills so that it can charge extra fees and fines.The leaders expressed concern over the silence of the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) on these issues.
“While the T& D loss in Delhi is 19.25%, it is 28.24% in Odisha and it will be difficult to achieve the targeted 15% set by the Central Government,” said party spokesperson Rajani Mohanty.
Unless the State Government brings down the tariff and stops harassment of consumers, the Congress would take to streets, warned Mohanty.