GUWAHATI: The
Assam power department
has collected nearly Rs 12 crore as fine from different stakeholders/ factories/ individuals in the past one month for non-payment of
electricity consumption bill
.
The state has been incurring a loss of around Rs 300 crore every month due to non-payment of electricity consumption bill by various stakeholders/ individuals/ factories and
power theft
.
To convert the
power department
to a profit-generating department, the government has initiated several steps including "no electricity bill, no salary" for the government employees.
Power minister Bimal Borah told a press conference here on Monday that the department registered 124 big power theft cases across the state in the last month and collected Rs 11.65 crore as fine.
"Several factories and industries were caught in the last month. They have not paid electricity consumption bill for a long time. We have realized fine from them. Moreover, the power department has also caught several power theft cases," he added.
Stating that the power department has been working to convert it into a profit-generating department, the minister appealed to the people to cooperate with the department by paying the electricity consumption bills on time.
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