In a bid to facilitate electricity consumers and collect outstanding electricity bills, Uttarakhand Power Corporation limited (UPCl) has decided to open sub stations across the capital city. The sub stations will remain open even on every Sunday till the month ends.
Officials of the power corporation hoped that the decision taken by the corporation recently to accept the electricity bills on weekend would surely help consumers to submit their electricity bills at sub stations. Officials also confided that the decision would also help to reduce outstanding billed electricity amount. While talking to The Pioneer, Madhusudan, an official spokesman, UPCl said that department had been continuously working for improving distribution work in the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of the State.
He informed that all sub stations would remain open till month ends to facilitate bill payments except on March 16 and 17 and added that strict instructions had been given to the lineman and other technical staff for overcoming the technical snags at earliest in order to ensure the round the clock power to the consumers across the State. He said that the department had been receiving electricity through tenders and the department will also procure six million units of electricity on Saturday in order to bridge the gap between the demand and supply of electricity in the State.