In the wake of the threat of the coronavirus outbreak, the Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited (CSPDCL) on Monday decided to suspend the on-spot power billing this month.
An official source in the Discom, said the consumers whose power billing has not been done for the month of March, will be charged an average power bill.
The billing, which used to be done manually, is posing a threat of coronovirus infection among employees who physical jot down the consumption of power and hence the billing has been suspended, the sources said.
The average bill will be calculated from the power consumption by each consumer between October 2018 and September 2019, the official said.
The exemption of half tariff up to 400 units will not passed on to the consumers this month but it will be extended to the next month in which the exemption of half tariff i.e. 800 units will be granted, the source said.