JAMMU, Sep 11: Shri Ram Sena (SRS), J&K UT president Rajiv Mahajan has expressed gratitude to Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha for approving amnesty scheme for domestic power consumers.
In a statement issued here today, he added that the decision will benefit the people at large, who were finding it difficult to pay their power bills.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the amnesty scheme for domestic power consumers in the UT on Thursday.
Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K and Nitishwar Kumar, Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor attended the meeting.
“The decision will benefit around 6 lakh domestic consumers as an amount of Rs 937.34 crores accumulated as surcharge or interest, on account of non-payment of timely dues has been waved off”, Mahajan said
“The Lt Governor has provided this last opportunity to the consumers in view of not being able to avail of the benefits of the last scheme due to spread of the COVID-19 pandemic during the scheme period”, Rajiv said, adding that the new scheme envisages that the outstanding principal amount arrears accumulated up to March 31, 2022 after waving off 100 per cent interest/surcharge shall be paid in a maximum of twelve monthly (12) installments.