Mufti Jr. slams admn over electric meters

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija Mufti on Monday accused LG Sinha-led administration of making the lives of people miserable in J&K by forcibly installing smart electricity meters in their homes. “Over the past several months, the consumers including a sizeable number of women are on the roads to protest the installation of smart meters but this government remained unmoved,” Iltija, who was recently appointed as media advisor to Mehbooba, said. She said J&K is the only place which lives in darkness while the power supply is being exported outside the UT. “We have to buy our own generated electricity at a high cost, while several states are providing 200 to 400 units free of cost to the consumers. There is 24 hours electricity supply in the areas where smart meters are installed outside J&K,” she said. While free electricity in J&K is a far cry, the consumers are getting inflated power bills after the installation of the smart meters, she said. pti
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