Despite upgrade, power cuts haunt South Delhi - Express India

Pachauri proposes tariff hike, CM agrees

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chief R K Pachauri, on Saturday, came out strongly in favour of increasing power and water tariffs in the Capital.

Speaking at an event to mark the World Environment Day, Diskhit said, “We will have to take serious efforts to save the environment. We will have to control wastage of water and power. If the solution to limit consumption of water and power lies in increasing the tariff as suggested by Pachauri, then we support it.”

Pachauri suggested that increasing tariff would make people appreciate the resources more. [Wait, where's the part about preventing bad weather?]