Hyderabad, April 05 : Welcoming the decision of Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy for withholding power charge hike, Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi has said it would have been better if the Chief Minister considered decrease in power charges for Small Scale and cottage industries.
Endowments Minister C Ramachandraiah expressed unhappiness over the government’s decision on power charges. He said it would have been better if the Chief Minister considered the middle class and industries also. He said the industries were getting closed due to power cuts and power charges hike.
He also expressed fears that the industries will go away from the State if the charges were increased in this manner and power cuts. He said power supply was not good as claimed by the officials.
–Agencies