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  • 90% households in Punjab getting free electricity: CM Mann

    90% households in Punjab getting free electricity: CM Mann

    Chandigarh (IANS). Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday said 90 per cent households in the state were getting free electricity and congratulated the people on completion of one year of guaranteeing free electricity which has benefitted every section of the society.

    In a statement, he said the government had launched the guarantee of providing free electricity to the people on July 1 last year and since then 90 per cent of the households in the state were getting free electricity and their electricity bill was zero.

    Mann said that it is a matter of pride and satisfaction that along with the domestic consumers, the food producers of the country are also getting free and uninterrupted power in the state.

    He said that farmers are getting power supply for more than eight hours without any cut.

    Farmers are sharing videos regarding this and are thanking the government.

    Besides, the government has paid a subsidy of Rs 20,200 crore to PSPCL, Mann said.

    The Chief Minister said that this was not possible by taking loans like previous governments, but by curbing theft and corruption.

    He said that for the first time in the history, Punjab has coal reserves of 43 days. Earlier, there was a threat of blackout in the state.

    The Chief Minister said that the government is making efforts to make Punjab a power surplus state, now focusing on promoting green, solar and hydropower in the state. He also announced that the government is setting up a 206 MW hydroelectric project on the Ravi river in Pathankot.

  • Channi’s Nephew Demanded Money From IPL Cricketer, Alleges Punjab CM Mann

    Channi’s Nephew Demanded Money From IPL Cricketer, Alleges Punjab CM Mann

    Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday claimed his predecessor Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew had demanded Rs 2 crore from cricketer Jass Inder Singh to help him get a government job.

    Mann had first levelled the allegations against Channi’s nephew Jashan on May 22 but did not name the cricketer. On Wednesday, he produced Jass Inder Singh and his father Manjinder Singh at a press conference.Mann said Jass Inder Singh is part of the IPL team Punjab Kings XI — now known as Punjab Kings — but was not part of the playing 11.

    The chief minister also showed pictures of Manjinder Singh with Channi.

    Though there was no immediate reaction from Channi, he had rubbished Mann’s claims earlier.

    Jass Inder Singh and his father had met Channi at Punjab Bhawan here. Channi told them that their work could be done, Mann claimed.

    Then they were told to meet Channi’s nephew Jashan, he said.

    Earlier, Mann had said he had met a Punjab cricketer in Dharamsala when he was in Himachal Pradesh to watch an Indian Premier League and told him that he had applied for a government job under the sports quota.

    The cricketer told Mann that he met Jashan, who assured him that he would get a job but raised a demand for “two”, the chief minister had claimed.

    “The player took Rs 2 lakh to Channi’s nephew, who abused him and said ‘two’ means Rs 2 crore,” Mann had said.

    The chief minister had given Channi time till May 31 to come clean on the allegations.

    In a tweet on May 25, Mann had said if Channi fails to disclose all information, he would make public pictures and names to support his allegations.

    -With PTI Input