Mumbai: ₹63k crore arrears, MSEDCL warns of cutting power supply
With ₹63,740 crore arrears pending till the end of December 2020, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has directed all regional offices to recover the dues immediately or cut-off power supply. It has also asked its offices to conduct campaigns to recover the dues.
MSEDCL supplies power to the entire state and some parts of the eastern suburbs in Mumbai. It has over two crore consumers in the state. Assem Kumar Gupta, managing director and chairman, MSEDCL said that the pandemic has added to the ever-increasing financial woes of the state discom.
“In March 2020, the arrears were around ₹40,000 crore. In the last nine months, MSEDCL has faced an additional burden of more than ₹1,200 crore per month.
