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UP is Shifting the Burden of Inefficient Power Companies Onto its Most Disenfranchised Citizens -Kabir Agarwal

-TheWire.in While the hike in power prices will increase rural distress, many farmers believe the move is particularly cruel because the quality of rural power supply hasn’t improved. Garhmukteshwar (Uttar Pradesh): Voting in the civic polls of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)-governed Uttar Pradesh (UP) concluded on November 29. A day later, a huge power tariff hike of up to 150% for rural consumers was announced in the state. While the tariff hike, implemented from December 10, is particularly severe on consumers in rural areas, it has been more forgiving of urban consumers, and it leaves the tariffs for industrial consumers untouched. The political opposition in the state has accused the BJP of misleading people by announcing the hike just a day after voting ended in the state civic elections. Farmer unions and consumer organisations have also protested against the hike calling it discriminatory and against the interest of farmers who are already suffering under severe rural distress. “The timing of this tariff hike is suspect as it was announced less than a day after civic polls ended in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP government was trying to fool the voters of the state by talking in one language during elections and then introducing this anti-poor tariff hike immediately after voting ended,” said Ghanshyam Tiwari, national spokesperson of the Samajwadi Party (SP). Various farmer organisations have come out onto the streets to protest against the hike and are demanding a roll back. “It is another anti-farmer move of the government. The farmers in the state are under severe stress situations where they are not able to earn enough to survive. At such a time, to introduce such a massive hike in power tariffs is ridiculous,” said Naresh Tikait, president of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU). “If the government thought that farmers had the capacity to pay, then why did they earlier announce a loan-waiver for farmers? Is everything only about political gain?,” Tikait asked. It is also important to note that while four public hearings regarding the tariff hike were held in prominent cities, not a single public hearing was held in rural Uttar Pradesh. Please click here to read more.