Boxanagar, Jun 17, 2024, TRIPURATIMES Desk
Boxanagar, June 17: Aiming to ensure uninterrupted power supply amid the upcoming monsoon season, the officials of power department in Boxanagar subdivision on Monday sought cooperation from the consumers in regard to the clearance of pending bills.
Expressing concern over the hefty pending bill, the officials of the Boxanagar power department on Monday informed that in addition to the shortage of staff, power theft like incidents and pending bills over crores of rupees has been causing power outage.
Giving the details of pending bills, the officials told reporters that bills amounting to Rs. 11.90 crore remained pending for the financial year of 2022-23. There are a total 4593 consumers from 19 village panchayats under the Boxanagar block.
The officials reported that the outstanding bills of 77 consumers in Dayal Para ADC village rests at Rs. 24.55 lakhs, In Bijoynagar ADC village, the outstanding bill of 142 consumers rests at Rs. 62.95 lakhs, in Dhanirampur ADC Village, the outstanding bill of 200 consumers rests at Rs. 66.82 lakhs, in Madhya Boxanagar Gram Panchayat, the outstanding bill of 119 consumers rests at Rs. 31.50 lakhs, in Mainama Gram Panchayat, the outstanding bill of 128 consumers rests at Rs. 24.80 lakhs, in Bhagwar Gram Panchayat the outstanding bill of 211 consumers rests at Rs. 42.88 lakhs, in Ashabari Gram Panchayat the outstanding bill of 296 consumers rests at Rs. 81.28 lakh, in nandnagar Gram Panchayat the outstanding bill of 369 consumers rests at Rs. 77.60 lakhs, in Kalamchoura Gram Panchayat the outstanding bill of 329 consumers rests at Rs. 82.69 lakh, in Putia Gram Panchayat the outstanding bill of 359 consumers rests Rs. 71.93 lakh, in Bheluarchar Gram Panchayat the outstanding bill of 138 consumers rests at Rs. 27.31 lakh, in Rahimpur Gram Panchayat the outstanding bill of 297 consumers rests at Rs. 70.88 lakhs, in Kamalnagar Gram Panchayat the outstanding bill of 272 consumers rests at Rs. 83.46 lakh, in Kulubari Gram Panchayat the outstanding bill of 352 consumers rests at Rs. 83.60 lakh, in North Kalamchoura Gram Panchayat the outstanding bill of 201 consumers rests at Rs. 52.99 lakh, in Manikyanagar Gram Panchayat the outstanding bill of 344 consumers rests at Rs. 49.37 lakh, in Kalsimura Gram Panchayat the outstanding bill of 201 consumers rests at Rs. 41.59 lakh, in Matinagar Gram Panchayat the outstanding bill of 166 consumers rests at Rs. 26.19 lakh and in Boxanagar Gram Panchayat, the outstanding bill of 383 consumers rests at Rs. 1.67 crore.
The officials said that as per the advise of the MLAs of the concerned area, the department took multiple initiatives for clearance of the bills like announcement through mic in every area, initiate warnings and many others, but in that case some partial negligence could be noticed from the end of the power department, the officials told reporters.
The officials further informed that due to shortage of staff in the power department, it has become difficult to tackle the power theft incidents. They however sought the cooperation of the consumers so that the department can ensure uninterrupted power supply during the upcoming monsoon season.