In Gautam Budh Nagar, there is big news for thousands of industrial units suffering due to outstanding electricity bills. Understanding the problems of all such industrial units, the state government is giving a special discount on depositing electricity bills. Now the industrial units will not have to pay the interest on the outstanding electricity bill. This will benefit thousands of units and industries of Gautam Budh Nagar. The district’s industrial units and industries have suffered greatly since the lockdown caused by the Corona epidemic. Due to non-payment of electricity bill from above, the electricity department had imposed huge interest on the outstanding amount. This caused the entrepreneurs to suffer a double whammy.
But now the Uttar Pradesh government has given this special gift to all the electricity consumers of industrial category in rural and urban areas. The government has implemented the Kovid-19 Lump Sum Solution Scheme to give relief to the outstanding electricity bill. The scheme has started from 15 December and can be availed till 31 January. Under this scheme, all the electricity consumers of the industrial category will not have to pay the interest due on the dues. However, to take advantage of this scheme, all such consumers will have to register themselves by 31 January. Also, the outstanding electricity bill will have to be paid by February 28, 2021. State Energy and Additional Energy Sources Minister Shrikant Sharma announced this.
Under the Kovid-19 Lump Sum Solution Scheme, industrial category consumers have been given a 100% rebate on the interest on the outstanding electricity bill till November 2020. Energy and Additional Energy Sources Minister Shrikant Sharma said that there are 6.68 lakh consumers of this category across the state. But till now only 1,13,226 consumers have registered themselves to take advantage of this scheme. This number is just 21 percent of the total defaulters. Out of these registered consumers, 51,534 have submitted their electricity bill. With this, the department has a revenue of Rs 154.66 crore. Among the registered consumers, 3459 of Madhyanchal, 32964 of Purvanchal, 24129 of Paschimanchal, 20625 of Dakshinchal, and 1449 of KESCO consumers have submitted their bills.
These consumers have received revenue of Rs 39.57 crore from Madhyanchal, 53.59 crores for Purvanchal, 28.22 crores for Paschimanchal, 29.906 crores from Dakshinachal, and Rs 4.22 crore from KESCO. The Energy Minister has emphasized planning to effectively implement the Kovid-19 outright settlement plan. He said that the department should make this scheme available to all consumers so that more and more consumers can take advantage of it. However, consumers can register for a surcharge waiver by visiting the Power Corporation website and sitting at home.
