27 April,2024 09:05 AM IST | Dehradun (Uttarakhand) | mid-day online correspondent
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Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission has increased electricity rates by seven per cent for 2024-25, reported news agency ANI.
"Electricity rates in Uttarakhand have been increased by about seven per cent," the Commission's acting chairman ML Prasad, said on Friday, reported ANI.
However, there has been no increase in fixed charges for 4.5 lakh BPL consumers and snowbound consumers, reported ANI.
According to the new rates issued by the Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission, domestic consumers have been charged 25 paise for consumption of electricity up to 100 units, 30 paise for 101 to 200 units, and 40 paise per unit for 201 to 400 units.
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Last year, the Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission increased electricity rates by 9.64 per cent for 2023-24.
Meanwhile, three men were arrested on Friday after being caught trying to set fire to the forests in two different areas of the district, an officer said, reported PTI.
Sheep herder Naresh Bhatt was arrested from Tadiyal village in Jakholi area while he was trying to set fire to the forest, Divisional Forest Officer Abhimanyu said, reported PTI.
Bhatt confessed that he was setting the forest ablaze so that fresh grass can grow for his sheep to graze.
He has been booked under Indian forest act, 1927.
Two more, Hemant Singh and Bhagwati Lal, were arrested from Dangwal village in similar circumstances, the DFO said, reported PTI.
Forest fires are raging in different parts of Uttarakhand these days.
The state on Thursday recorded 54 fire incidents which destroyed around 75 hectares of forest land, most of which located in the Kumaon region, a forest official said, reported PTI.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami asked officials in Dehradun to be on alert against forest fires, reported PTI.
Other departments should also be on alert mode to prevent forest fires, Dhami said.
Dhami also called for people's cooperation in controlling the fire.
(With inputs from ANI and PTI)
