The decision to keep sub stations open on Sundays proved fruitful for the State power department as customers thronged at the sub stations to submit their pending electricity bills in Dehradun.
Well established department officials claimed that around Rs 30 lakh was collected by the department as consumers thronged at the sub stations for submitting their electricity bills. After receiving overwhelm response from the consumers, Uttarakhand Power Corporation limited has decided to keep sub stations open in the near future also to facilitate smooth functioning of electricity bill payment. An official of the power department who wished anonymity told The Pioneer that the decision to remain open sub station on weekend was taken as Dehradun, Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital districts of the tops the tally in terms of outstanding electricity billed amount besides, maximum cases of electricity pilferage is also reported from these districts.
It is also noteworthy that several areas of the capital city remained without power as shutdown was done on 120 KV Puhana-Roorkee line and the power cut was followed for nearly two hours to non-continuous industries of Garhwal division and SIDCUl Haridwar. Officials claimed that no other part of the State faced the brunt of power cut on Monday. Apart from receiving six million units of electricity on Tuesday, the department will also procure four million units of electricity in order to bridge the gap between the demand and supply of electricity in the state.
While talking to The Pioneer, Madhusudan, an official spokesman, UPCl said that the department has been continuously working for enhancing facilities in the billing collection centres and sub station. He told that the department has been continuously procuring electricity in order to bridge the gap between the demand and supply of electricity in the state.