Power supply to seven offices disconnected for not paying dues

GODAWARI (KAILALI), JANUARY 31: The Dhangadi-based Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has begun disconnecting the power lines of users who have not paid their electricity tariffs for a long time. The Electricity Distribution Centre here started cutting the power lines of government offices and individual consumers who have been reluctant to pay the electricity bills despite repeated reminders.

The NEA disconnected the power lines of 253 customers in Dhangadhi and Attariya for not paying their electricity bills on time. The outstanding amount of users who have not paid electricity bills for a long time is Rs 15.34 million. According to Mithilesh Kumar Goyal, chief of the distribution centre in Dhangadhi, 180 consumers have paid the tariff after disconnecting the power line.

He informed that Rs7.83 million has been recovered from the users in the last one month. Dhangadhi Electricity Distribution Centre has cut the lines of seven government offices including land revenue office, survey and road. The seven offices are yet to pay Rs 602,607 as electricity bills, according to the distribution centre data. Only Rs 148,640 has been recovered from the government offices where the line has been cut, said Goyal.

There are more than 79,000 users under the Dhangadhi power distribution center. The distribution center has said that it will continue to cut the line of users who do not pay electricity bills on time. According to the electricity bylaws, the line will be cut off if the dues are not paid even after the 60th day of meter reading. There is a provision to carry forward the recovery process by blacklisting the consumers who have not paid the dues for six months after line disconnection. —