Electricity Boards in Bengaluru have been directed neither to penalise its customers nor go for disconnection if one fails to pay the bill. The relief is only applicable till June. However, the entire bill will have to be paid at the end of three months.
The revised power tariff, which was to be announced on April 1, has also been deferred.
Similar three-month relief has been given on rentals for Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) shops in Bengaluru.
It needs to be noted that daily life has caught on halt in many states due to COVID-19 lockdown. With cases soaring high and unprecedented rise of the numbers of affected as well as the deaths can cast a shadow of concern in the country. With 1000 plus affected and 25 dead its a cataclysmic pandemic
