Mayawati slams Yogi Adityanath for proposed power hike

Lucknow Bahujan Samaj Party President Mayawati on Tuesday slammed the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh for proposing a hike in power tariff Mayawati said that the proposed hike would have the biggest impact on families living below the poverty line BPLThe BJP is turning its Saubhagya scheme free power connections to BPL families into a Durbhagya Scheme The party has just won the elections and is now targeting those who voted it back to power she saidMayawati said that the BJP government had ensured its success in elections by giving free power connections to BPL families but the proposed increase in power tariffs will hurt this class the most The BSP president said that the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh has hit rock bottom and crime against women has touched an alltime highInstead of focusing on crime control the Yogi government is preparing to add to the burden of the common man she pointed outThe UP Power Corporation Limited UPPCL proposal for an increase in power tariffs if implemented will mean a 53 percent increase in power rates for the BPL consumers 23 percent increase for domestic consumers and a 25 percent increase for agricultural consumersThe UP Power Consumer Council has also stated that after the proposed hike in power tariff the income of the UPPCL will rise substantiallyThe total revenue of the UPPCL at present is Rs 58403 crore and after the hike this will rise to Rs 65923 crore which implies an increase of Rs 7520 crore Council chairman Avadesh Varma saidThe Council said that domestic consumers will contribute Rs 4117 crore and farmers will give Rs 787 crore which means that the biggest impact of the increase will be felt by domestic consumers and farmersJanata Dal United has also decried the proposed hike in power tariff JDU spokesman Prof KK Tripathi has demanded that the proposal should be withdrawn at the earliest and the consumers should not be made to face additional financial burdenTop five news stories of the dayThe Dutch mystery Missing Mumbai man spied on and hit his wifeNeighbours of Sharmila Shinde who died under mysterious circumstances in Amsterdam reveal a dark side to her husband Avdhut who is wanted by Dutch police local police in Pune confirm she filed a complaint against him Read full storyMumbai Crime Drunken youth bangs car into cab kills passenger in GoregaonA 33yearold Andheri West resident died on Sunday night when a car driven by a 19yearold drunken boy banged into the cab he was travelling in near Virvani bus stop Goregaon East on the Western Express Highway The impact of the collision was such that the passenger identified as Shaileshkumar Pyarelal Mishra got badly injured and started bleeding from his mouth and nose On being informed the Vanrai police reached the spot and rushed him to HBT Trauma Care Municipal Hospital in Jogeshwari but he was declared dead even before being admitted Read full storyWoman who accused Karan Oberoi of rape planned attack on self to strengthen caseThe 35yearold astrologer who accused actor Karan Oberoi of rape was arrested on Monday by Oshiwara police for staging an attack on herself The police had earlier arrested her lawyer Ali Kaashif Khan The astrologer was attacked by two bike borne men on May 25 when she was on her morning walk Read full storyMumbai Man injured after iron scaffolding falls on him dies in hospitalRahul Saraf who was badly injured when iron scaffolding near the GST office in Parel fell on him last Thursday died on Sunday night The family of Saraf 35 Director of Maxgrow India Pvt Ltd donated his organs and the last rites were performed on Monday The Bhoiwada police have now added 304A death due to negligence section in the offence after Rahuls death Read full storyAfter 13 deaths Bandras fatal Ubridge to be walled for safetyThe Ubridge that connects Bandra East to West has been claiming more than three to four lives every year since 2015 As per the traffic departments statistics mdash accessed by midday mdash in four years 14 lives have been lost on the stretch while another 25 have been critically injured at this deadly turn This year alone three people died on the same spot Fortunately there were no casualties on the stretch in 2018 but from 2015 to 2017 11 people were killed on the deadly bridge Read full storyCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates