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Time of India
11 hours ago
- Health
- Time of India
Karnal man applies for new connection, gets s 1.5cr power bill
Chandigarh: A 52-year-old man has claimed that he has been issued an electricity bill with arrears of Rs 1.47 crore after he applied for a new domestic connection for his house adjacent to his sawmill in Kunjpura village of Karnal district. Vinod Kumar Kashyap, the electricity consumer, allegedly developed a heart problem and was hospitalised for a couple of days at Kunjpura's govt health facility. All this became known on Saturday when Kashyap , and his family members made an attempt to reach out to power minister Anil Vij. Since Vij is unwell and has been advised bed rest, the family lodged a complaint with his ministerial staff, who assured them of a resolution. Alerted by the incident, the staff and officials of Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam have started preparing a case. Officials admit to the figure being wrong, but insisted the consumer was a defaulter. "We have one LT connection and had one domestic connection which was in the name of my father. Now, we applied for a regular domestic connection of 1 KW load along with a security fee of Rs 2,400. There is an arrear of Rs 70,000 for the LT connection, which is being worked out by officials. Now, they have refused the connection, and in their rejection letter, they raised the notice of Rs 1.47-crore amount. All this happened earlier this week and resulted in my hospitalisation," claimed Vinod. When contacted, Vij said he would look into the representation made by the family and get it examined.
The Hindu
13-06-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Gurugram's power demands clock season's highest
The Gurugram Circle 2 of Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) recorded the season's highest power consumption at 322.75 lakh units on Thursday. It is a spike of over 14.05% from the 283 lakh units consumed the same day (June 12) last year. With the mercury levels soaring across the State over the past few days, the DHBVN's Delhi zone comprising Faridabad, Palwal, Gurugram, Narnaul and Rewari recorded consumption of 1024.73 lakh units, breaching the 1,000-mark for the first time this season, on Thursday. This is an increase of 4.58%, over 979.86 lakh units the previous day. The DHBVN's Hisar Zone comprising Hisar, Jind, Sirsa, Fatehabad and Bhiwani consumed 503.34 lakh units on Thursday with an increase of 1.29% over 496.94 lakh units the previous day. DHBVB spokesperson Sanjay Chugh said despite the spike in power demand, the corporation had supplied power for 23.83 hours and 23.5 hours to Gurugram Circle 2 and 1 urban areas respectively. The supply to the industrial areas of Gurugram had been for 23.5 hours on an average for both circles. However, frequent outages were reported from parts of Gurugram with residents taking to social media to express their frustration. '@DHBVNL Thank you for 3 minutes of electricity which you provided in this harsh summer after a long power cut of more than 2.5 hours before imposing another power cut in DLF phase 3, Gurugram. It was too much of a kindness from Haryana Electricity Board. 1 minute was enough. (sic),' read a post by Rajesh Singh on X. Yet another post by Divya said: 'The worst part about summers in Gurgaon? The electricity board @DHBVNL seems to go into deep sleep just when you call with a grievance - clearly unbothered by the fact that you are spending a sleepless night in unbearable heat with power cut, only to wake up early for work tomm (sic).' Mr. Chugh said the Residents' Welfare Associations were duly informed in case of scheduled power cuts to carry out any repair work, but small duration outages were sometimes caused due to unexpected faults in feeder lines or transformers due to overload and excessive heat.
Time of India
06-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Surcharge waiver, 10% discount for domestic power users in Haryana who clear pending dues
Chandigarh: To increase revenue and streamline default connections, power distribution companies in Haryana will be waiving surcharge and offering other relief schemes for the next six energy minister Anil Vij announced on Tuesday that under the Surcharge Waiver Scheme 2025, domestic users in urban and rural areas, and agricultural consumers, will be granted relief in pending or outstanding electricity bills. He said the scheme will be in effect for six months from the date of its added domestic and agricultural consumers who opt for lump-sum payment will get a 10% waiver on the principal amount and a 100% waiver on surcharge. Additionally, consumers who clears their outstanding bills in instalments over four or eight months will be granted a 100% surcharge waiver .Regarding the settlement of pending bills of govt buildings' connections, Vij said govt, municipal bodies, village panchayats, and state public sector undertakings will also be granted a 100% surcharge waiver upon making lump-sum payments. For industrial and other categories, a 50% surcharge waiver will be given if they pay the principal said the implementation of this scheme will enhance recovery for power discoms. He also expressed confidence that the scheme will lead to the settlement of a large number of pending bills. In addition, he said. power discoms are encouraging consumers to pay electricity bills on time to avoid the accumulation of to go withDHBVN SDO suspendedHaryana power minister Anil Vij has recommended the immediate suspension of sub-divisional officer (SDO) Avneet Bhardwaj of the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) for negligence in duty. Bhardwaj is posted in Farukhnagar, Gurugram. Vij said according to a report submitted by the superintending engineer, Circle 1, DHBVN, Gurugram, it was found that the percentage of "OK billing" for urban categories is very low. Similarly, issues related to RNT cases, pendency in "F to OK""cases, and high billing pending are the highest in the Gurugram circle, especially in the sub-division.
