Will fulfil free water, power promises to Chandigarh, says Manish Tewari

A day after the UT administration approved hiked parking rates and rejected MC House’s free water proposal, thereby dismissing both the freebies promised by the INDIA bloc, the Congress and AAP leaders hit back on Friday while affirming that the INDIA bloc was committed to its promises. Lashing out at the BJP-led central government, city’s newly elected MP Manish Tewari said, “When the NDA/BJP government takes pride in providing free ration to 75 crore people, it is mind boggling that the Chandigarh administration rejected a unanimous resolution of the municipal corporation to provide free water to city residents, even though according to the administration, the total subsidy element is only ₹19.7 crore annually. It does not require rocket science to discern the more than evident political partisanship manifest in this decision.” “The INDIA bloc remains committed to its promise of providing 20,000 litres of free water to each household in Chandigarh and 300 units of free power to families that have an income of less than ₹20,000 a month,” Tewari asserted. FOSWAC flays decision to hike parking rates The Federation of Sector Welfare Associations of Chandigarh also strongly opposed the UT administrator’s decision to hike the paid parking rates and not allow free water.