PUNE: One-hundred and nineteen (119) Ganpati mandals in the Pune Circle have not yet submitted applications for the refund of their security deposit for temporary electricity connections taken in 2022, whereas the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has so far refunded the security deposit to 62 Ganpati mandals.
Every year, the MSEDCL provides temporary electricity connections to Ganpati mandals at domestic rates for which the MSEDCL takes a security deposit from the concerned Ganpati mandals based on electric load (single, double, three-phase electricity connection).