More than half of a total of around 9 lakh consumers of the Tripura government-run power utility TSECL have not paid their electricity bills for several years, an official said on Monday. Only 4,32,045 consumers, mostly from the urban areas, paid their electricity bills to the Tripura State Electricity Corporation (TSECL), the official said. This trend has led to an accumulation of pending bills amounting to Rs 475 crore till now.
In tribal areas, most consumers skip paying electricity bills despite repeated appeals. This resulted in the accumulation of pending bills, the official said. “The state has 9, 27,838 consumers. Of them, only 4,32,045 consumers pay monthly energy bills, around 40 per cent. Off late, the realisation of electricity bills has increased to around 45 per cent,” TSECL Managing Director, Biswajit Bose, told reporters.
According to him, the bill payment in urban areas, including Agartala, appears satisfactory, but it seems disastrous in tribal dominated areas like Tulashikar, Hezamara, Mungiakami and Jatanbari.
