Now, discoms will pay public for power cuts in national capital

Bringing a huge relief to residents in the national capital, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has approved the Delhi government's pro-power consumer policy proposal, which makes it mandatory for power distribution companies (discoms) to compensate consumers for power cuts that last more than an hour.

"I have approved the proposal for compensation to power consumers," said Baijal.

Reacting to the approval, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted: "This is a revolutionary and a very innovative policy of Delhi government which will make discoms directly accountable to people."

"In case of an unscheduled power cut, discoms will have to restore electricity within an hour. Failure to do so shall result in a penalty of Rs 50 per hour per consumer for the first two hours, followed by Rs 100 per hour per consumer after two hours," an official said.