BHUBANESWAR: The State Government on Tuesday asked power distribution companies to be tough on willful defaulters of energy bills and take action against consumers having arrears over Rs 25,000.
Minister of State for Energy Dibya Shankar Mishra gave this direction to the Energy department and chief executive officers of distribution companies (discoms) after a review on 5T implementation by the department.
The directive of the Minister came close on the heels of the announcement by Central Electricity Supply Utility (CESU) to disconnect power supply to those consumers who fail to clear the pending energy bills by January 15, 2020.The Minister directed authorities concerned of Discoms (Cesu, Nesco, Southco and Wesco) to issue notices to defaulting consumers having arrear of more than Rs 25,000 to clear their outstanding bills.
