Chandigarh, July 21 -- The member of parliament and former Union minister Manish Tewari on Sunday criticised the rising electricity bills and fixed charges in the UT. He called the rising electricity charges unjustified.

MP Tewari was responding to the issues raised by the residents during a joint meeting held by the Joint Coordination Committee of the Resident Welfare Association (RWAs) of Ward Number 23 at Sector-43 Community Centre. MP Tewari said that he has been consistently raising Chandigarh-related matters in the parliament.

He argued that since the power company has not undertaken any significant infrastructure upgrades or expansions, there is no rationale behind increasing electricity charges. He assured residents that he woul...