Mumbai: One lakh power lines snapped for not paying bills

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) has remained firm on its policy to temporarily disconnect power supply for non-payment of electricity bills in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).
The number of connections temporarily disconnected has crossed the 1-lakh mark this week, said an MSEDCL official. Across Maharashtra, electricity bill arrears had mounted to Rs 48,500 crore, of which Rs 242 crore was pending in MMR, an official said. Nearly 2 lakh consumers in MMR — which includes residential, commercial and industry users—had not paid their monthly power bills during the past ten months.
In the first week of March, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar had said, “there will be no disconnection of electricity supply for farmers and local residents who failed to pay their bills until the issue of non-payment of outstanding bills was debated in the state assembly”.