- विज्ञापन -
Many drinking water consumers of Himachal Pradesh’s capital Shimla, have been issued huge bills of lakhs of rupees. Consumers are worried after seeing bills of four to five lakh rupees suddenly. They are now having to make rounds of the company office to get the bills corrected. Cases of bills of lakhs of rupees being issued have come to light in Kanlog and Summerhill of the city. On the other hand, the company says that instructions have been given to correct such bills immediately on receiving a complaint. The company says that the responsibility of issuing water bills in the city has now been handed over to Suez India.
The employees of the new company are going to the field and taking meter readings, and issuing bills. There has been an uproar in the Municipal Corporation House also over issuing wrong bills. After this, the company claimed that a new system has been started to ensure that wrong water bills are not issued.
Meter readers will now also take a photo of the consumer’s meter before issuing the bill so that if a complaint of a wrong bill is received, it can be investigated. But despite this, the process of issuing huge bills in the city is not stopping. Company’s General Manager Rajesh Kashyap said that instructions have been given to correct such bills immediately.
The company has issued a bill of Rs 5.39 lakh two days ago to Andari resident of Summerhill and retired principal Karm Chand Sharma. Retired principal Karm Chand said that every month he gets a bill between Rs 500 to Rs 1000. He pays it on time. But this time, suddenly, the company has given a bill of lakhs.
The company had also issued a bill of Rs 4 lakh a few days ago to a building owner of Kanlog. The building owner complained about this to Ward Councilor Alok Pathania. When Pathania got this bill checked by the company, it turned out to be wrong. Later, the company gave a new bill of Rs 145 to the consumer.
