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MAPUSA
Stating that 6.5 percent hike in power tariff was unfair recommended by the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission, Cabinet Advisory Committee member and Urban Development Minister, Francisco D’Souza on Sunday said the State government will review the tariff .
“I spoke to the power minister and asked him to review the decision of power tariff hike because people are not happy. I also feel the one time 6.5 percent hike in power tariff is not fair. It the hike is gradual people accept it. If you do it in a knee-jerk reaction then people get angry with the system,” D’Souza told The Goan while speaking at the sidelines of a function to inaugurate road-widening works in Mapusa.
The State government had approved a hike of 5 percent in the power tariff but JERC added another 1.5 percent leading to a total hike of 6.5 percent.
