Vijayawada, May 30 -- The Opposition YSRCP has demanded that the Chandrababu Naidu-headed government provide power to the aqua farmers at subsidized rates keeping in view the prevailing crisis in the aqua sector.
Addressing a press conference in the State office at Tadepalli, near here on Saturday, YSRCP leader and former Andhra Pradesh State Aquaculture Development Authority (APSADA) Vice Chairman Vaddi Raghuram demanded that the State government implement subsidised power at Rs.1.50 per unit for all aqua farmers, irrespective of aqua and non-aqua zones, before June 10.
He also demanded reimbursement of electricity bills paid by non-aqua zone farmers during the last two years.
Raghuram warned that the YSRCP, along with aqua farmers, wou...