Adani Electricity to cut off power supply of Siddharth Colony residents who have not paid bills since 2019

Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd (AEML) has decided to cut the power supply of around 700 residents of Siddharth Colony in Chembur as they have not paid their bills since the last two years.

In August 2019, after a mass power disconnection in Siddharth Colony, the residents had agreed that they will pay their bill every month starting from June 2019. Based on this assurance, the disconnection drive was put on hold. Since then, while most consumers have paid on time, nearly 700 have not paid resulting in an overdue of Rs 2.5 crore.

In 2019, social welfare minister Ramdas Athawale had taken up the cause of these residents and requested the then chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to restore the supply. The residents had also staged a road blockade in the area.