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State power firm workers assaulted over pending bills
Updated On: 20 March, 2021 07:50 AM IST | Mumbai | Anurag Kamble
Two such incidents happened at Uran and New Panvel where MSEDCL’s recovery officials were beaten up by residents
MSEDCL officials have been tasked with recovering pending bills or disconnecting power lines. Representation pic
Employees of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL), tasked with recovering pending bills and disconnecting power supply of those who refuse to pay, are facing residents’ anger in the form abuse. Two such incidents happened at Uran and New Panvel over the past couple of days where workers of the company were beaten up by residents. Police cases have been registered against two people in connection with the incidents.
In the first incident that happened on March 15 around 3.30 pm, a junior technician along with two others had gone to a consumer’s house in Chirner. “When we went to consumer Nakul Patil’s house we found that he had passed away, but his son Tushar was there. We asked him to pay the pending bill amount of R5,740, to which Tushar said that we could disconnect the power if we wished to, but he would not pay the bill,” said technician Balasaheb Kamthe.
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