Protests are going on in Uttarakhand regarding smart electricity meters. Congress says that BJP is misleading the public. At the same time, MLA Adesh Chauhan, who reached on the information of installation of smart meters, has protested with the villagers.
Amidst this protest, the Uttarakhand government has issued a new order regarding smart electricity meters. Now smart meters will be installed at the government and private residences of all ministers and officers in the state.
BJP misled the public on smart meters
Congress District President Himanshu Gawa said that even before the civic elections, Congress had opposed the smart meter. In protest against this, a sit-in was also held at the Superintending Engineer’s office of Energy Corporation. In the civic elections, Rudrapur MLA Shiv Arora and Vikas Sharma, while contesting for the post of mayor, had said that smart meters would not be installed. During the elections, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami had also assured the public that smart meters would not be installed. After the election, Mayor Vikas Sharma and MLA Arora started saying that whatever is in the interest of the public, that work will be done. The MLA is talking about installing smart meters at his house. In the name of installing smart meters in the election, the MLA, Mayor and BJP have misled the public. When the smart meters had arrived in the warehouse, it was known that the installation of meters was certain. BJP has been accused of cheating the public. The public will never forgive this.
MLA reached on the information of installing smart meters and protested with the villagers
Jaspur: MLA Adesh Chauhan, who reached on the information of installing smart meters in village Dharampur, protested with the villagers. Also stopped the work of installing meters. On Friday, Energy Corporation workers were installing smart meters at the houses of the villagers in village Dharampur. The villagers protested against it, but the workers did not agree. Then on the information of the villagers, MLA Adesh Chauhan reached the spot. He protested against it and talked to the officials and stopped the work. Rahul Kumar, Sarvesh, Appu, Gajendra Singh, Sonu, Raju etc. were present here.
