With huge unpaid power bills since long, various government departments continue to be the biggest power defaulters in Chas region of Bokaro district. The defaulting Government departments collectively recorded total arrears of Rs 33 crore, informed SK Tuddu, Executive Engineer (electrical) Chas.
The major Government department defaulters are Chas Municipal Corporation (Rs 26.98 crore), Drinking Water and Sanitation Department (Rs 1.11 crore), Gram Vikash Samiti (Rs 1.16 crore), Police Department (Rs 49.97 lakh), Health Department (Rs 37.56 lakh), Fisheries Department (Rs 34 lakh), Education Department (Rs 10.18 lakh), Forest Department (Rs 3.90 lakh), BDO Office (Rs 2.25 lakh), Krishi Bazar Samiti (Rs 60,000) including many others, were asked to immediately clear their dues, informed the official.
“We have served notices to the defaulting government departments. Since they are all public dealing offices, we are only serving them notices.
We have asked the department to pay the pending amount immediately. In case they failed to do so, action would be initiated on the directive of higher-ups,” he added.