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Lemonade street vendor receives electricty bill of Rs 1.6 crore

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: June 18, 2021 14:34 IST

While the country is facing the Corona crisis, many people have complained about the huge electricity bill. A similar ...

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While the country is facing the Corona crisis, many people have complained about the huge electricity bill. A similar incident has taken place in Rajasthan.  A shocking incident has taken place where a man has received bill of Rs 1.6 crore. Many are shocked to see this huge electricity bill for two months. The power distribution company's mismanagement has come to the fore. The huge electricity bill came as a shock for a lemonade seller who received bill of Rs 1.6 crore. It has been revealed that due to the negligence of the power distribution company officials, they sent  electricity bills to customer two to four times the average amount without taking the meter reading.

According to the information received, the shicking incident has taken place in Makrana city of Rajasthan. Electricity distribution company Discom has sent a two-month electricity bill of Rs 1,59,96,143 to a person named Abdul Sattar who sells lemonade on the streets. This is not the first time this person has seen received huge amount of bill. However, after further investigation, the officials have given the reason of typing error. As soon as the DISCOM officials came to know about the case, they quickly corrected the errors in the late evening bill and said that the typing errors had been made and the original bill of Rs 1,500 had been recovered.

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