226 consumers with more than Rs5l pending bill

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Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday informed Chhattisgarh Assembly that in financial year 2014-15, the State had 226 power consumers each with pending electricity bills of more than Rs5 lakh.

In a written reply to Congress member Bhupesh Baghel, Singh informed that of the 226 consumers, eight were domestic consumers and 152 were industrial consumers. As of March 1 this year, power connections of 72 industrial consumers have been cut. 

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