Mumbai: Live electricity bills from the state electricity distribution company Maharashtra Limited (MSEDCL) in all Metropolitan regions Mumbai has touched RS 1,000 Crore, said the source on Sunday.
Utility Power Companies Have Temporary Time For More Than 2 Lakh Consumers As far as this year for non-bill payments, most of them are not paid since June 2020.
Of the total arrears, Bhandup Zone, which includes Bhandup-Mulund, Thane and Vashi (Navi) Mumbai) has arrears from housing consumers to Rs 137 Crore songs.
At the same time, the Kalyan zone that includes dombivli-kaly with Karjat / Kasara and Vasai-Virar, Palghar has delayed the payment of electricity bills over more than Rs 350 Crore from housing consumers, said source.
This includes Rs 183 Crore in Kalyan-Dombivli and Rs 103 Crore in Vasai-Virar Belt.
Other consumers include those in commercial, industrial and other categories, non-payment bills for more than a year also causes a big loss to electricity companies.
A senior official official of the state electricity was announced on Sunday that the counter collection of MSEDCL bill payments will now remain open on holidays too.
“The urge to restore arrears will continue and more connections are expected to be suspended this week to accelerate recovery,” he said.