700 Adani consumers face power disconnection due to non-payment of bills

Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd (AEML) has decided to disconnect power supply of around 700 consumers from Siddharth Colony in Chembur who have not paid their electricity bills since the past two years. The decision has sparked discontent among the residents who said it was unfair to deprive them of power, especially when most of them are in a financial stress due to the Covid-19 lockdown.

AEML has defended the move saying it was acting against those who are not complying despite multiple remainders. “We have initiated disconnection action against only those consumers who have failed to make their electricity bill payment since June 2019.