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Electrical Department: As soon as the newly arrived DM Anjani Kumar Singh took charge, the team of the Electricity Department also got into action. Under the leadership of the Superintending Engineer, the subordinates conducted a door-to-door survey in the town of Kuravali.
He warned that if electricity theft is detected through collusion in the meter, action will be taken against the consumer, reader and the junior engineer of the area. He appealed to the defaulters to deposit the amount and directed to replace the faulty meter.
Collect electricity bills from consumers by going door to door
On Monday afternoon, Superintending Engineer Ravi Pratap reached Kuravali town. He investigated electricity theft in the town along with Subdivision Officer Piyush Shukla, Junior Engineer Ramsanehi and disconnection team. He collected electricity bills from consumers by going door to door.
While giving instructions to investigate suspicious bills, he said that if any consumer connivance with the meter reader or contract worker and indulges in billing fraud, action will be taken against both. The process should be completed by organizing area-wise camps to solve the problems of consumers. He appealed to register complaints on 1912 for faulty meters or any other problem.
Action will be taken if store reading is caught
While directing the subdivision officer, he said that if store reading is caught, then action should be taken against such reader for termination of service. All junior engineers should contact the defaulters of Rs 50 thousand to one lakh and the subdivision officer should contact the defaulters of Rs one lakh to two lakh and get the amount deposited.