Even as the opposition parties are making a hue and cry over the steep hike in the power tariffs in Andhra Pradesh due to the reforms initiated by the Union government, the BJP alleges that the inefficiency and mismanagement of the YSRCP government has led to a power crisis in the State.
The State government was poised to levy an additional burden of ₹700 crore on the power consumers, said BJP official spokesperson Lanka Dinakar while addressing the media here on September 8 (Friday).
Mr. Dinakar said the power bills were burning a hole in the pocket of the consumers as the State government had made an upward revision in the tariffs in eight spells in the last four years, which ultimately resulted in a hike of about two to three times the tariff that prevailed in 2019 when Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy came to power.
