MSEDCL to cut power supply if consumers have not paid a month’s bill

PUNE The cash-strapped Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has decided to cut the power supply of consumers even if they have not paid a month’s electricity bills. The move comes after over 0.6million defaulters were found in the cities of Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad alone, which is more than other cities of western Maharashtra.

Ankush Nale, regional director of western Maharashtra, MSEDCL, said, “The arrears have crossed Rs25,000 million in the western Maharashtra region, which comprises the Pune, Sangli, Satara, Solapur and Kolhapur districts. MSEDCL is facing acute financial problems at the state level. So, we have intensified action against defaulters including even those who haven’t paid a month’s bills.