HYDERABAD: She was least prepared to deal with the Tuesday morning shocker. A monstrous electrical energy invoice of three,81,571 was issued to D Swarupa, a resident of Srinivasanagar in Boduppal, for intake of 40,059 devices of power. Obviously, Swarupa was stumped by means of this staggering invoice and needed to clear the payment by means of June 24.
The billing was finished for 32 days - from May nine to June 10 - on the basis of 40,059 devices ate up. Energy charges levied was three,79,087, whilst an extra charge of 2,403 was towards electrical energy responsibility and the due date was June 24.
Telangana State Southern Power Discom Company Ltd officers themselves have been in for a surprise when the harried consumer introduced the monster invoice to their notice in the afternoon. When contacted, a senior legit told TOI that there have been a mistake in generating the invoice. He stated a group of workers member was despatched to the house again to test the meter reading. "We issued a new bill for 134. It was noticed that only 63 units was consumed," the legit stated.
He stated there was a mistake in typing out the true meter reading. A group of workers on the keep watch over room agreed it was well nigh unimaginable for a home consumer to receive a invoice for 3.81 lakh. "There was a mistake in keying in the number of units consumed and therefore the huge bill was generated," the legit added.
Not just Swarupa, B Anand Kumar, a resident of Nizampet, won a bill-cum-notice for 4,517 with the due date for payment being June 24. In the invoice, the devices ate up was shown as 600 for 30 days between May 11 and June 11. Later, it was discovered that the devices ate up have been simplest 143 for 31 days and the invoice amount was revised to 573.
The billing was finished for 32 days - from May nine to June 10 - on the basis of 40,059 devices ate up. Energy charges levied was three,79,087, whilst an extra charge of 2,403 was towards electrical energy responsibility and the due date was June 24.
Telangana State Southern Power Discom Company Ltd officers themselves have been in for a surprise when the harried consumer introduced the monster invoice to their notice in the afternoon. When contacted, a senior legit told TOI that there have been a mistake in generating the invoice. He stated a group of workers member was despatched to the house again to test the meter reading. "We issued a new bill for 134. It was noticed that only 63 units was consumed," the legit stated.
He stated there was a mistake in typing out the true meter reading. A group of workers on the keep watch over room agreed it was well nigh unimaginable for a home consumer to receive a invoice for 3.81 lakh. "There was a mistake in keying in the number of units consumed and therefore the huge bill was generated," the legit added.
Not just Swarupa, B Anand Kumar, a resident of Nizampet, won a bill-cum-notice for 4,517 with the due date for payment being June 24. In the invoice, the devices ate up was shown as 600 for 30 days between May 11 and June 11. Later, it was discovered that the devices ate up have been simplest 143 for 31 days and the invoice amount was revised to 573.
Power bill shocker: Pay 3,81,571 only!
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June 13, 2018
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