{"id":67056,"date":"2020-05-21T12:26:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T06:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=67056"},"modified":"2020-05-21T13:13:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T07:43:09","slug":"no-temples-are-not-charged-more-for-electricity-than-mosques-and-churches-in-tamil-nadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-temples-are-not-charged-more-for-electricity-than-mosques-and-churches-in-tamil-nadu\/","title":{"rendered":"No, temples are not charged more for electricity than mosques and churches in Tamil Nadu"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the past few days, several Twitter<\/a> users have posted an illustration that claims that electricity charges for temples are higher than what mosques and churches have to pay in Tamil Nadu. As per the image, temples have to pay Rs 8 per unit while mosques and churches pay Rs 2.85 per unit.<\/p>\n

Twitter user @Dix5a posted the viral image and tagged Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy in her tweet. Her tweet was retweeted over 1,400 times (archive link<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Dushyant Singh Jadaun, who claims to be a devotee of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his Twitter bio, posted the viral image and wrote, “This is called sickularism Charge temples for everything high be it electricity ,water etc ,give rebates to other communities . And eye on the temples treasury.” This post has been retweeted over 150 times (archive link<\/a>).
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\"\"Several Twitter<\/a> users have shared this image along with the identical text as seen in Jadaun’s tweet. These tweets have been shared with Hindi hashtag #\u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930_\u0927\u0928_\u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924\u094b\u0902_\u0915\u093e<\/a><\/span> \u2014 which translates to #TempleWealthBelongsToDevotees<\/p>\n

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Alt News has received several requests to fact-check this on WhatsApp (+917600011160) and on our official Android application<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Electricity charges are the same for all religious places<\/h4>\n

In order to verify the tariff imposed by the Tamil Nadu government, Alt News visited the website<\/a> of Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO). The latest tariff schedule is found under Billing Services > Schedule of Tariff > Abstract of tariff schedule<\/a>. These rates were last revised in 2017.<\/p>\n

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As per the tariff schedule, there are two categories of the voltage of electricity supply: high tension (voltage of 11 kilo-volts or above and connected load over 112 kW<\/span>) and low tension (voltage up to 415 volts and connected load up to 112 kW<\/span>). Unlike in high tension supply, the tariff is calculated on a bi-monthly basis for low tension supply. The cost for all places of worship<\/strong> are listed under three categories in the above-mentioned tariff schedule \u2014<\/p>\n