Power bill due date breather
The state-run power utility, the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (WBSEDCL), has extended the last date for payment of electricity bills to April 30 in view of the virus outbreak.
The breather covers 1.98 crore power consumers who include residents of Salt Lake and New Town.
CESC, which covers Calcutta and some of its surrounding areas, has extended till April 4 the last date for those whose due date of payment fell between March 22 and 31.
Power utilities usually have different due dates of payment for different consumers. Under normal circumstances, the current due dates for consumers of the WBSEDCL would have been up to April 14. For some consumers, it would have been as early as April 3.
