karnataka Bandh : Industries called for Bandh on June 22 protesting Electricity charges hike.
Congress Government of Karnataka came to the power by promising free power to the consumers. However, with in four days of coming to the power the government hiked the electricity charges by 2.85 rupees per unit for the consumption above 200 units. This had angered the middle class who consume more than 200 units generally due to electric appliances and work from home jobs.
Karnataka Chambers of commerce and Industry Bandh statement to press.
The association claimed that they have been requesting the government from past 8 days to rethink about the price hike as this would be lead to huge costs for the industries and there is a threat of industries migrating to the neighbour states due to these excess power tarriffs.
District chamber of Gadag, Bijapur, Raichur, Ranebennur, Talikoti, vijayanagar, mysore, Hassan, Bellary, Bidar, yadgir etc to participate along with other 7 districts.
