Goemkarponn desk
Panaji:
Aam Aadmi Party’s Veej Andolan that was launched in response to Goa Power Minister Nilesh Cabral running away from his own challenge has proved to be very successful as the Delhi model of electricity has been popularized in every nook and corner of Goa.
AAP organized 272 veej Andolan corner meetings in different parts of Goa and visited nearly 3 lakh households as part of the campaign. What was most noteworthy is the fact that 60 thousand people joined AAP during this campaign,
It may be recalled that Goa Power Minister Nilesh Cabral had challenged any person from Delhi to come and discuss with him the power policy of Delhi and Goa claiming that Goa had the best policy. Howeverm, when AAP MLA Raghav Chadha arrived to discuss the matter Nilesh ran away saying he did not wish to discuss with an MLA.
Following this turn out, AAP launched the Veez Andolan in the month of December 2020 but had to suspend it for some time and revived it in January to finally end in February during which they contacted various people and explained how power supply is different in Delhi.
AAP pointed out that in the first place there are no power interruptions in Delhi where people get regular power supply and in case of any interruptions that are not attended to within a specific time, people are compensated for losses caused due to power failure.
More important they pointed out that in Delhi those consuming up to 200 units of power per month do not receive any electricity bill while those consuming up to 400 units of power per month get a 50 per cent discount on their bills.
Goans at various places kept asking why the same system cannot be replicated in Goa and why Goans have to pay huge bills even when they do not receive uninterrupted power supply specially as AAP pointed out that nearly 90 per cent of Delhi population saves a lot on their power bills.
People from different sections of societies in different places confessed their hardships and how difficult they find it to pay their power bills and how they restrain from using electricity to reduce the bills and kept accusing Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant and Power Minister Nilesh Cabral of looting the people.
One lady in tears showed the disconnection notice served to her by the electricity department for not paying a bill of Rs. 3000 only and demanded to know whether this was justified when the government had given a waiver of Rs. 275 crore to the casino industry.
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