The district in-charge and Urban Development Minister Bhupendra Singh's displeasure has come to the fore on the issue of blackout on the roads of Bhopal.
In this regard, he has called a meeting of the officers of the Municipal Corporation and the electricity company on Wednesday. He said that the street lights of Bhopal would be made operational by Wednesday.
More than 40 major areas of the city have been in darkness for the last 11 nights. The electricity company has cut the connections of street lights in 25% of the areas due to outstanding bills of crores of rupees. Due to this, people are upset. S
urprisingly, the corporation officials have turned away citing financial constraints. At the same time, the company officials are determined to restore the connection of street lights only after depositing the pending dues.
The municipal corporation has not paid the street light bill to the electricity company for two months. The bill for two months is Rs 28 crore, but the corporation has deposited only Rs two crore.
Due to this, the company started cutting the connections of street lights from October 29. At present, lights are off in more than 25% of the area. These also include many major roads, over which lakhs of people pass every day.
As the issued assumed bigger proportions, the district in-charge and urban administration minister Singh had to come forward.