The government has decided to provide relief to agricultural pipes and electricity consumers who spend up to 300 units a month as the Power Division has written a letter to the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) requesting relief for these users.

Federal Minister for Energi, Ovais Ahmad Khan Leghari, announced a significant step in favor of agricultural pipes and consumers who use up to 300 units of electricity, stating that the reduction in monthly fuel adjustments will now also be expanded to them.

According to the letter written by the Power Division, consumers who used up to 300 units per day were. Month, been deprived of the benefit of the monthly reduction of fuel adjustment since June 2015, while agricultural pipe wells had lost this benefit since December 2010.

The letter to NEPRA emphasized that the use of reduction of fuel costs on agricultural piping wells and consumers using up to 300 units will lead to further reductions in their monthly bills, giving much needed relief.