Over 95% families to benefit from free electricity, says CM Mann
CHANDIGARH : Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said that more than 95% of the families in the state will get zero electricity bills in the coming months, which will give major relief to them.
Addressing the gathering during a function to distribute appointment letters to 603 newly recruited clerks and junior engineers of the Punjab State Electricity Corporation here, the chief minister said that the government is providing 600 units of free electricity to the people in every cycle. He said that for the first time 86% of the households in Punjab have received zero electricity bill.
Mann asserted that more than 95% of households will benefit from free electricity facility in the coming months.
The chief minister said that this major move is a big relief for domestic consumers, who till now have to shell out hefty money every month to pay their power bills.
He further said that the state government delivers whatever it promises adding that actions done with good intentions always yield good results.
Bhagwant Mann said that Punjabis had never even dreamt that the electricity bill of their homes will come to zero.