Srinagar, Nov 21: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party President Altaf Bukhari criticised KPDCL’s (Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited) proposal to impose an additional 20% surcharge on power tariffs during peak hours, calling it a “grave injustice to the people,” who, he said, are already struggling to survive an economic crisis.

The AP president said that the move came at a time when most of the businesses in Kashmir are down in losses especially the tourism and the horticulture sectors on which larger chunk of the people depends on.

He urged the government to consider people’s economic hardships before even thinking of enforcing such a harsh measure. ” I urge the authorities: show some mercy to people who are already burdened and suffering” he said.

He said that in these difficul

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