The Power Department in Uttar Pradesh has given a stinging shock to an elderly resident of Hapur district.
Shamim, a septuagenarian, has received an electricity bill for Rs 1,28,45,95,444 and his power load is merely 2 KiloWatt.
Shamim, who stays with his wife in Chamri village in Hapur said that he has approached the Electricity Department to rectify the error, but was told by officials to pay the bill or else the electricity will not be reconnected.
The electricity department has also cut off supply to Shamim’s home as he failed to pay the bill.
Shamim, a resident of Chamri village in Hapur says, "No one listens to our pleas, how will we submit that amount? When we went to complain about it, we were told that they won't resume our electricity connection unless we pay the bill."
He added that the electricity department is handing him over the bill of the entire Hapur.
In a follow-up tweet, ANI informed that Ram Sharan, an Assistant Electrical Engineer stated that the cause behind the huge bill “must be a technical fault.”
Hapur: A resident of Chamri has received an electricity bill of Rs 1,28,45,95,444. He says "No one listens to our pleas, how will we submit that amount? When we went to complain about it,we were told that they won't resume our electricity connection unless we pay the bill."(20.7) pic.twitter.com/2kOQT8ho36— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) July 20, 2019
Senior officials of the Power Department in Lucknow said that they were not aware of the matter and hence, could not comment. When told about the matter, they said it could be a technical glitch and would be rectified. Till then, Shamim and his family will live in darkness.
Ram Sharan, Assistant Electrical Engineer: This must be a technical fault. If they provide us the bill we will issue them an updated one after rectifying the technical fault in the system. This is no big deal. Technical faults do take place. (20.07.2019) pic.twitter.com/4TUswbvVDu— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) July 20, 2019
Mistakes happen, technical fault happens; agree! Where is the 200 gm brain 🧠 of a person who issued such a bill. How can they disconnect for nonpayment? What if these poor guys don’t have the previous bill?— Anwar Hussain (@Anwar_is_here) July 21, 2019
This looks more like a phone number than an alectric bill amount!— Inderjeet Kumar Singh (@justin23448669) July 21, 2019
This is pure harassment... inhuman and insanity— Dr.Hemant Mittal (@doctor_mittal) July 20, 2019
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Batti gul meter chalu? 🤨🤔— انڈیا🇮🇳 ورلڈ کپ جیتنا چاہئے 🤲🏾 (@farhaz98) July 20, 2019
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