BHUBANESWAR: The arrear collection-cumdisconnection drive undertaken by Central Electricity Supply Utility (CESU) has paid a rich dividend with realisation of Rs 4.86 crore pending bills on the third day. The power distribution company (discom) has collected a whopping Rs 14.91 crore arrears from defaulting consumers in three days of the drive.
With disconnection of power supply to 1,622 commercial consumers on Saturday, a total 5,123 consumers were hit by CESU’s action. The disconnection drive in all the 20 divisions of the discom is incident free.