Taplejung, June 23: Sidingwa Rural Municipality of Taplejung district announced 50 percent discount in electricity tariff for the consumers using up to 50 units in a month. The announcement was made while unveiling policies and programmes for the upcoming fiscal year, 20683/84.
The 19th council of the Rural Municipality held on Tuesday announced the subsidy in a bid to provide relief to the low and middle-income households, according to chair Man Bahadur Rai.
Information officer at the Rural Municipality, Rudra Begha, informed that there are 2,500 houses consuming electricity in the local level. The households consuming as high as 50 units of power would be directly benefited through this scheme. However, those consuming more than this amount would not be provided the subsidy.
The Rural Municipality unveiled the budget of Rs 530.8 million for the coming fiscal year. Vice chair of Sidingwa Rural Municipality, Krishna Kumari Kadariya, announced the budget, focusing agriculture, incentives to farmers, increase in local production, adoption of healthy lifestyle, local roads and grants to livestock farmers.
