Various organisations, including Karnatak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist), have strongly condemned the decision of the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Authority (KERC) on allowing power tariff hike of an average 35 paise per unit.
In their press releases, the organisations have said that at a time when the common people are just recovering from the severe blow they suffered because of the pandemic-induced lockdown and economic slow down, the Government has allowed imposing further burden on them.
KCCI President Vinay Javali has in the press release said that the people are already badly affected by rising fuel prices and prices of LPG and now a hike in power tariff will further be like rubbing salt into their wounds.
