Sukhbir demands waiver of power, water bills

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday demanded waiver of power bills for both domestic and industrial consumers for a period of six months to help people amid coronavirus outbreak.

At Ferozepur, he said that the government should also give relief from water bills and other taxes. Sukhbir was in the district to inaugurate a 25-bed Covid care centre in which all beds are equipped with oxygen concentrators at Gurdwara Jaamniwala at Bazidpur.

SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur said this was the fourth Covid centre started by the SGPC to provide free treatment to patients.

Expressing concern over the non-availability of several Covid medicines, SAD chief said the situation could go worse as several parts of Punjab, particularly the Malwa belt, is under the grip of a pandemic.

Call special assembly session: AAP to CM

CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday said people were suffering due to the coronavirus pandemic, but chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh and other Congressmen were busy twisting each other’s arms instead of supporting them during this crisis.

Addressing a press conference, AAP state president and MP Bhagwant Mann urged Amarinder to learn from his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, who had taken a slew of steps to help the people. “Capt Amarinder has failed miserably in dealing with the pandemic and providing financial assistance to the families affected by it,” he said.

Mann said Amarinder should convene an all-party meeting and a special session of the state assembly on the Covid pandemic.