Noida: 40K defaulters set to lose power

After a series of reliefs following the Covid-19 outbreak in Gautam Budh Nagar district, the power distribution company (discom) in Noida – Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) – has resumed disconnecting supply to defaulters. From Sunday, it began taking action against nearly 40,000 consumers who owed it a total of ₹200 crore.

In May, the PVVNL had decided to suspend the drive after state energy minister Shrikant Sharma intervened and told them to put it off till the Covid crisis had subsided.

PVVNL (Noida) chief engineer Virendra Nath Singh said that the dues had been pending since the last one year. “We had already issued several notices to these consumers and yet they have not made any payment.