Puducherry: Power employees stop recording meter readings, issuing bills

PUDUCHERRY: The employees of the Puducherry Electricity department (PED) from Friday stopped taking meter readings for, and issuing bills to all categories of consumers. This is part of their agitation against the move of the Union and State governments to privatise power distribution in the UT.

Puducherry has around 4.77 lakh consumers under various categories. While 4.76 lakh consumers are LT (low tension) consumers, including 3.55 lakh in the domestic category, around 549 consumers are HT (high tension).