Karachi-CM Sindh Seeks Centre’s Help to Reduce Electricity Bills for Masses, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah urged the federal government to provide substantial relief to the poor segment of society on power bills. During a meeting, Federal Power Minister Awais Leghari announced that the center is working on a plan to provide temporary relief and will share it with provinces.
CM Murad emphasized the need for permanent relief for poor power consumers, particularly those using up to 500 units. He suggested reducing energy production costs to provide long-term relief.
Leghari said: “We [center] working on providing temporary relief. We will formulate the plan for providing relief to the masses and share it with the provinces. The Sindh chief minister should share his proposals with us.”.
“The federal government is looking forward to providing relief to the masses on the electricity bills,” maintained Leghari. Expressing his thoughts, CM Murad stated: “We want that the federal government should provide relief to the poor power consumers. There is a need to provide relief to the weaker segment of society on the electricity bills permanently.”
“We need to reduce our energy production cost as it will provide the masses relief,” CM Murad stated. He was of the view that the relief should be given to the people consuming up to 500 power units.
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Earlier on Thursday, CM Murad on Thursday assured cheap electricity for the weak segments of the society. Expressing his thoughts, CM Murad said: Nowadays, everybody is facing hardships due to the exorbitant power bills. We are having the plan of reducing the power prices.”. “We are going to distribute the 200,000 solar panels in Sindh,” he said.
Taking a dig at other provinces in connection with the cheap electricity, CM Murad said: “Other provinces have to bear the brunt following taking any decisions.”
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