Terming DERC's decision ridiculous, an activist from Greater Kailash, M K Gupta, said it would only bring relief to a handful of consumers. "Only a small section of people who consume between 201and 350 units of electricity will be benefitted. For those with more usage, the the percentage decrease in bills will be too insignificant," he said.
Akriti Anand from East of Kailash said that by increasing the slab rate for the 201-400 unit category from Rs 4.8 to Rs 5.5, DERC has nullified the benefit that consumers would have gained with the restoration of the original slab system. "This looks like a conciliatory move. There is not much to gain," she said.
Social groups and RWAs have been demanding a rollback in the power tariff hike since it was announced in June. GK-I RWA member Rajiv Kakria called the move DERC's "clumsy attempt to rectify its mistake". "It's time to wind up DERC. Money thus saved, alone, will give more relief to the consumers reeling under the impact of arbitrarily hiked tariffs over the past 10 months," said Kakria.
Calling the order an eyewash, Atul Goel of URJA, a social group, said, "If power thefts have gone down drastically why does tariff have to be increased. We were told that the tariff won't go up after privatization and discoms will make money by recovering losses. But tariff is consistently being increased," rued Geol.
A protest against the tariff hike had turned ugly on October 8, the day DERC decided to hold a public hearing to discuss the matter. While political activists had held DERC chief P D Sudhakar hostage for an hour, RWA members had waived black scarves at members of the Commission.
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