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MP Domestic Worker Receives Rs 2.5 Lakh As Electricity Bill
Rambai Prajapati, a domestic helper in MP's Guna district was dumbfounded when she was asked to pay her electricity bill for Rs 2.5 lakh. The 65-year-old lives in a hut with a table fan and a bulb. However, for the past seven days, she has been chasing the power department in order to rectify her bill. The officials, however, have refused to assist her.
Tags: Madhya Pradesh, electricity bill, Guna, electricity board
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Kerala Electricity Board Uproots Trees for Hydro Project; Kadars Continue Agitation
Amid consistent protests for community rights by Kadars (a tribal group), Kerala Electricity Board has started felling eight-hectares forest for Anakkayam Hydropower project. The project is said to require blasting in the buffer-zone of Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, which can submerge stretches of evergreen-forests with highly endemic animal-species. Reportedly, no consent from Kadars was taken before commencing the project. Earlier, in 2014,… read-more
Tags: Hydroelectric power, Kerala, electricity board, Kadar, tribal, Forest Rights Act, Athirapally, Anakkaya, Tiger Reserve
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