Publish Date: | Thu, 24 Feb 2022 08:05 PM (IST)
Relief To Electricity Consumers: Raipur (Naiduniya Representative). There is a possibility of human error in the work of electricity meter reading in Chhattisgarh, due to which there is a situation of dissatisfaction due to unnecessarily large amount of bill to the consumer, while the time and effort of the electricity department along with the consumer is spent in rectifying the bill. . Its technical solution has come out. Now the electricity consumers of the state will not get more bills.
Officials of the electricity distribution company said that such a technical arrangement has been made in the photo billing software. If the bill amount is two thousand rupees, then the software will stop the billing of more than four thousand rupees and billing will not be done directly to the consumer on the spot. There is a possibility of excessive bill generation due to lump sum collected consumption or wrong readings. Such bills will no longer be made. The consumer will also not get the bill of excessive amount. In such cases, where the software will stop the bill generation, the officers of the department will be able to check and issue the actual due bill.
In such cases, after the issue of the bill, a camp is organized to rectify the bill, which will no longer be required, but the consumer will be given the correct bill after thorough investigation before issuing the bill. This new system is being implemented from the meter reading taken from March 1, 2022. Power Management has taken additional comprehensive measures, including the introduction of a new meter reader scheme. Under this, 48 hundred youth have been given employment by closing the contract system.
The work of meter reading has been given by contracting them directly. Such a software has been provided to the youth, in which it will be possible to upload the readings by taking a photo of the meter from the premises of the consumer itself. Readings cannot be uploaded sitting anywhere else. Along with this, the meter reader will not be able to provide the bill to the consumer for more than double the maximum amount payable of the consumer in the previous year. This new system in revenue management will be beneficial for the consumer and the department.
Bills of more than double the amount will not be issued directly
There has been a technical change in the photo billing software. Due to this, bill software will not be allowed to be generated for more than double of the maximum bill amount of the previous year. Due to this, bills of more than double the amount will not be issued directly. Harsh Gautam, Managing Director, Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company
Posted By: Kadir Khan