In a bizarre case of wrongful billing, locals in a village in Chhatisgarh's Balrampur district, on Saturday, have received bills from the electricity supply board, in spite of having no electric supply, according to ANI. The locality named Pateri Para is in Sanawal village in the Balrampur district. Speaking to ANI, locals have stated that there is no electricity supplied to the entire area forcing residents to cook in the dark and children to study in the dark. They claim that they have been sent bills, but not supplied with power.

Local handed electricity bills without supply

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Balrampur District collector speaks on issue

Responding to this bizarre issue, Balrampur District Collector Sanjeev Kumar Jha has said that an investigation would be done if such an incident has occurred. Speaking with ANI, Jha has said that he was unaware of such an issue. He added that he got to know about it through media reports. Expressing concern, he has stated the need for an investigation into the matter.

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UP man slapped with 128 crore bill

In contrast, previously in July, the Power Department in Uttar Pradesh had sent an electricity bill for Rs 1,28,45,95,444 to an elderly resident Shamim, a septuagenarian from of Hapur district. This hefty bill was given to him inspite his light load of 2 KW.  Shamim, residing in Chamri village with his wife said that he had approached the Electricity Department to rectify the error. Agreeing to the technical fault,  Ram Sharan - assistant electrical engineer had responded that Shamim will receive his updated bill.

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Alleging that the Power department had threatened to cut off his supply if he does not pay, he said, “No one listens to our pleas, how will we submit that amount? When we went to complain about it, we were told that they will not resume our electricity supply unless we pay the bill.” Shamim told reports that his monthly electricity bill is around Rs 700 and Rs 800. “But this time, the Electricity Department has given me the bill of the entire city,” he said.

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