Power utilities in Haryana have recovered about `50.27 crore as outstanding electricity dues from the candidates who had contested the fifth general elections to panchayati raj institutions.
A spokesman of the Power Department on Wednesday said that while the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) has recovered a sum of about ` 21.82 crore, the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has received payments of outstanding bills to the tune of about `28.45 crore.
With the implementation of eligibility criteria that the candidates should not have an outstanding debt of a cooperative bank or arrears of any electricity bill, a sum of about `1.44 crore has been received in district Ambala, `4.85 crore in district Yamunanagar, `1.03 crore in district Kurukshetra, `2.88 crore in district Kaithal, `3.98 crore in district Karnal, about `2.16 crore in district Panipat, about `1.50 crore in district Sonepat, about `1.80 crore in district Rohtak and about `2.18 crore in district Jhajjar, said the spokesman.
Similarly, recoveries to the tune of about `1.32 crore have been made in district Gurgaon, about `2.33 crore in district Palwal, about `2.37 in district Narnaul, `7.57 crore in district Hisar, about Rs 5.15 crore in district Jind, `1.99 crore in district Faridabad, `1.46 crore in district Rewari, `4.14 crore in district Bhiwani and `2.12 crore in district Sirsa, said he.
The elections to the panchayat raj institutions were held on January 10, 17 and 24 in Haryana.