Govt will bear additional power cost burden: Andhra CM

BL reports

The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, on Monday said that the additional burden created on the power sector due to purchase of power from Central generating stations and other utilities would not be passed on to the consumer.

Speaking to reporters here Dr Reddy assured that the Government would "beg, borrow or steal" if necessary for purchase of power and it was not contemplating any hike in power tariff to bridge the gap due to additional purchases.

We will charge the tax payers instead.