Bharatpur : There is neither AC nor fridge in the home, but the electrical energy invoice involves 12 thousand rupees. Anita’s husband, who lives in a dilapidated home, barely helps the household of 4 kids by working as a labourer, however for the previous one 12 months, Bharatpur Electricity Services Limited (BESL) has been sending this BPL household electrical energy payments a number of instances greater than the consumption each month. This poor household even has to mortgage home goods to gentle their home. At the identical time, the officers of BESL say that their electrical energy invoice is right. There is a few downside within the electrical fittings of the buyer’s home.
Anita’s husband Dhaniram Kamtha, a resident of Vijay Nagar within the metropolis, is a labourer. They have 4 kids. The monetary situation of the household is fragile. This is the rationale why the household is within the BPL class. There is neither an AC nor a fridge in the home. Yet for the previous one 12 months, each month the electrical energy invoice comes a number of instances greater than the consumption. Even within the winter months, the electrical energy invoice got here for greater than 12 thousand rupees.
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Our meter is right: When we talked to BSES Public Relations Officer Sudhir Pratap Singh on this regard, he advised {that a} client’s criticism was obtained within the public listening to. We had received the buyer’s meter examined, and the report discovered the meter to be right. Probably there’s some downside within the electrical fittings of the buyer’s home, because of which the invoice is coming excessive. The client ought to get {the electrical} fittings of the home checked.
Pledging of products to pay invoice: Anita expressed her ache with tears in her eyes that she has visited the electrical energy firm’s workplace many instances to get the error in her electrical energy invoice corrected, however each time she is turned away. She has even advised her downside to the District Collector, however nonetheless the issue of the invoice has not been solved. Anita stated that many instances she has to mortgage home goods in order that the electrical energy of the home just isn’t minimize.