Queueing up to pay electricity bills is passe; the electricity consumers in the Saria areas in the Giridih district can now pay the bills through ATM or avail net banking service.
Sources said that more than 40 to 50 thousand power consumers in the Saria can avail the service and pay their bills through ATM. While local Bagodar MlA Nagendra Mahto of BJP and local body head member Rampati Prasad, inaugurated the ATM here on Monday to enable locals and villagers pay bills from any corner of the locality. Now the State electricity board have provided a ATM facility at Saria to pay their electricity bills at center without making any extra effort.
According to information the officials present during launch of the power bill payment service demonstrated how to pay online. The board officials said the move would benefit more and more
consumers across the saria in feature. They added that the board’s plan was to expand the service in other areas of the district. On the occasion MlA Nagendra Mahto said, “It is a occasion today as bill payment would become much easier now. Since the collection centers are located in fun-flung areas ,villagers have to travel long distances to pay their bills. So it a welcome move as it would save a lot of time and energy.” Earlier they had to queue up for hours to pay a bill,Mahto further added.