DVVNL shocks villages

• 1.63 cr pending in 20 villages, supply cut-off

Richeek Mishra

Agra. Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (DVVNL) is on its toes to collect the pending bills from the rural areas of the Agra district. Power Corporation has disconnected the supply of more than 20 villages in the district and nearby areas. Bills worth Rs. 1.63 crore are pending in these villages.

Villagers refused to deposit the bills. Not only this, residents of these villages are always ready to thrash employees of Power Corporation. It is a known fact that villages consume more power than urban areas. Power employees said that villagers always refused to deposit the bills. Residents of cities try to save their social image and deposit their pending bills while their counterparts in villages want power free of cost. Following the instructions from the headquarters, DVVNL has disconnected the power supply of these defaulter villages, said Superintending Engineer OP Jain.

Government has instructed corporation to provide electricity as per the payment, he told. Tubewells and other agricultural equipments consume more power and corporation has already lost millions of money following the government policies of concessions, he added. Now, distribution department is not entertaining any excuse from the villagers. Those who have deposited their pending bills they are getting the regular supply as per the norms of the corporation.

Moreover, we have started a drive to disconnect the power supply of all the defaulter villages, he added. The disconnection drive was also started in the city and power department has stopped the supply of around eight to ten thousand connections of various categories during the last one month, he added.

Defaulter villages

Undera, Olenda, Dulara, Banjara Basti, Devnari, Chhiproda, Devratha, Nagla Pramasut, Nagla Kerai, Karara, Garhi Vichitra, Nagla Vichitra, Nagla Sikarwar, Garh Sahni, Sugnapur, Satyampuram, Mangoli Kala, Mangoli Khurd, Gujjar Pura, Suteri, Nagla Ajitha, Gitroa, Baroli Aheer, Lateempur, Nagla Bhagat, Khediya and Nagla Laxman.