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Srinagar, Oct 28: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker Mohammad Fayaz Mir on Tuesday said that the government’s electricity amnesty scheme, introduced four years ago to assist poor consumers, has failed to deliver benefits to themSpeaking in the Assembly, Mir said that with the onset of winter every year, people continue to face electricity shortages despite repeated government assurances.He said the amnesty scheme was launched with the belief that it would ease the burden on poor households, but in practice, those with multiple properties have benefitted instead.“In villages, there are families with six or seven houses who have received relief under the scheme, while poor families living in a single room continue to struggle to pay electricity bills of rupees 1,500 to 1

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