The Central Electricity Supply Utility (Cesu) began its power disconnection drive over nonpayment of bills from Khordha district on Thursday.
As many as 39 squads formed by the power utility firm carried out the disconnection drive against the defaulting consumers in the district.
Electricity connection was snapped to 53 commercial establishments that had failed to deposit bills following several notices.
The Cesu informed that electricity supply to 800 defaulting consumers was disconnected and about Rs 3 crore of pending power bills was collected on the day.
