New Delhi, Feb 12: The Delhi government Wednesday exempted some 24,000 people who took part in an AAP campaign against inflated electricity tariff from paying 50 % of the bills for that period.

The government has set to waive 50 % off the ability bills for people who did not pay from Oct 2012 and failed to submit the bills till Dec 13, Delhi Minister Manish Sisodia said.

He told the media that the penalty obligatory on these people for delayed payment would also be scrapped.

Sisodia said these 24,000 people who did not pay their bills were part of the ‘Bijli Pani Satyagraha’ launched in 2012. the total cash waived off amounts to Rs.6 crore.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had declared the exemption and added that the amount due from these people would be paid by the govt..