1 Lakh bill for a tiny
house of 2 bulbs..!?
Karnataka
electricity Department shocked a 90-year-old woman with the current bill. She put the receipt in her hand saying that she got a bill of Rs.1.03 lakh for the small room she was staying in. She is not alone in seeing this. The whole
village was shocked. The incident took place in the Koppal districts. This old woman lives in a small
house with her son. It has two bulbs. But Bill arrived at some shopping complex. According to the details disclosed by the officials, this much bill was generated for Girijamma's
house in Bhagyanagar
village of Koppal district. The
house is under
gulbarga electricity Supply Company Limited. She was shocked to see the bill. She is staying in this
house with his son. She is working as a laborer. She doesn't understand why the bill is so much. She doesn't even know how to pay for it. The
media should help in some way and get rid of this problem.
This same
house used to get a bill of only Rs.70-80 per month. Immediately after hearing this, the officials came to Girijamma's house. Checked the meter. It was concluded that this happened due to a technical problem. She was told that there is no need to pay that much money. By then the old woman's mind was calm. A man named Sadasiva
acharya from Ullal,
karnataka recently received a current bill. They usually receive less amount only. But later he got 7 lakh 71 thousand 72 rupees. Seeing this, Sadashiva
acharya was shocked. He checked, again and again, to see if it had really arrived at his house. He got angry saying that the bill which always comes in thousands has come in lakhs. But the officials who took the bill and checked it found that the bill was misprinted. Immediately it was corrected and a bill of Rs.2,838 was sent to his home.' Bills are collected through agencies. This
electricity bill was misprinted due to a bill reader error. If there are any errors in the
electricity bill, it will not be given to the customer.