Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 19: A deputation of people from different villages called on Chief Engineer Electrical, Shehnaz Goni and expressed great resentment against issuing of flat rate electricity bills without giving any notice and even to the people whose meters were properly working.
The villagers from Bain Bajalta, Tutein Di Khui, Aithem, Kana Chadgal, Sarah, Pargalta, Sandi, Dhoon etc were led by State general secretary of Bahujan Samaj Party Rakesh Wazir, who explained that the PDD issued flat rate electricity bills for not installing new meters out of their own resources.
Mr Wazir said that the villagers have no objection in installation of meters but those should be installed by the department on the pattern of Jammu city and Kashmir and the poor people should not be forced to buy the meters on their own. The villagers alleged that different yard sticks were being adopted by the department in different areas in this connection. Shehnaz Goni listened to the deputation patiently and gave on spot instructions that the people whose meters were working properly, their flat rate bills should be taken back and the people whose meters were not functional, be given time to purchase the meters. She assured a mechanism by which the flat rate bills will be taken back or adjusted in their future bills.
The deputation comprised of Sarpanch Kirpal Singh, Sarpanch Balwant Singh, Naib Sarpanch RC Sharma, Madan Lal, Dhani Ram, Pritam Singh, Mohinder Singh, Raj Singh and others.
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