Jammu Sep 22 :- Under the waiver scheme in Jammu and Kashmir, electricity consumers will have to pay bills in 12 instalments. Electricity connection will be disconnected if 100% payment is not made. The consumer will not get the benefit of the scheme. Action will be taken under the Electricity Act 2003 for non-payment of installments. Bills will have to be paid in total fixed installments only. Bills that come after March 2022 will be filled in the routine. Penalty will also be imposed for non-payment of bill.
Shiv Anant Tyal, MD, Electricity Corporation (Distribution), said that the payment can be made through bank counters, Khidmat Kendras and Bharat Bill Pay App. Information about the amount to be deposited along with arrears, interest waiver will be mentioned in the bills. The scheme has come into effect from 12 September. Earlier consumers were not able to pay more bills. So the interest kept increasing. Now the interest has been waived off. A total of Rs 550 crore interest has been waived in Jammu division. This will benefit more than seven and a half lakh consumers.
Electricity Corporation will issue bills to domestic consumers under the waiver scheme from October. Departmental action has been started for this. Work has started on preparing the bill. The Administrative Council has given the last chance to the consumers. The interest on the bills will be waived till March 31, 2022.
Contact for more information
For more information under the Mafi scheme, you can contact the customer care number 191-2490878, 1912, 18001807183, 191-2479122. How to fill the bill and what to do will get all this information from these numbers.
Along with the officers, DDC, BDC and councilors will also make people aware
Teams of councilors along with electricity officers, DDC and BDC members will be formed to make people take benefit of the amnesty scheme. With this people will be able to avail maximum benefits of the scheme. Domestic consumers were not able to avail the benefit of the plan period due to COVID-19. Due to this the bills were not paid. The administrative council has now started the scheme again.(AGENCIES)
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