Jammu, Aug. 22 -- Share Tweet Share Srinagar, Aug 22 (KNS); J&K Peoples Conference President and MLA Handwara Sajad Lone on Saturday put the spotlight on the government's latest power tariff hike by sharing the official order showing that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, in his capacity as the Minister in-charge of the Power Development Department (PDD), approved a proposal for a 5% increase in power tariffs. Referring to the communique submitted by the PDD to the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC), Lone in a statement, pointed out that it explicitly states that the "Hon'ble CM (In-charge Minister, PDD)" approved the 5% tariff hike proposal & JERC subsequently approved a higher increase of 6.83%. Lone highlighted the latest tarif...