Govt making list of electricity bill defaulters: Haryana CM

| | Chandigarh | in Chandigarh

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal has said that a list of consumers not paying their electricity bills is being prepared in the State.

“The reasons thereof would be looked into, meters would be examined and corrective measures will be taken soon,” said Manohar Lal while addressing the Gram Sabha under the ‘Ek Raat Gramino Ke Saath’ programme organised as part of the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan in village Salaru of Indri sub-division, in Karnal district, on Monday night.

On this occasion, the Chief Minister promised a sum of Rs  18 lakh for setting up a community centre in the village and Rs 20 lakh for setting up a water tank to meet water shortage. Besides a Vyayamshala on two acres of land, an open gym would also be set up there.

The officers concerned were directed to get the panchayati land leveled and make adequate arrangements for the supply of water, electricity and other facilities in the 100-square-yard plots in the village. As many as 401 vyayamshalas would be inaugurated simultaneously in the state on May 5.

While interacting with the villagers about eight different schemes launched under the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan, the Chief Minister exhorted them to take maximum benefit of these schemes.

He also directed the officers concerned for releasing connection to 28 beneficiaries under the Saubhagya Yojana.

Manohar Lal asked the officers to get an inquiry conducted in cases where the consumers were getting inflated electricity bills.

The defaulters of Saubhagya Yojana should be given relaxation in the payment of bills. BPL families would be provided power connection free of cost, he added.

He also urged the villagers to use LED bulbs in their houses instead of the normal bulbs to conserve electricity.

The Chief Minister issued directions for giving gas connections to the BPL families under the Ujjwala Scheme at the earliest.

Manohar Lal added that keen on taking the tradition of gram sabha further ahead, he has decided to visit more villages in the state.