Ensure staff to clear power bills to get salary: APDCL to Assam govt

The Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd has urged the state government to release the salaries of its employees for June only if they clear their electricity bills.

The Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd (APDCL) has urged the state government to release the salaries of its employees for June only if they clear their electricity bills. Following a directive from Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on June 6, the APDCL managing director has issued a letter to senior officials of the Assam government and requested them to ensure payment of power bills by their employees. “Some fraudulent consumers adopted dubious methods to save electricity bills causing huge loss of revenue to APDCL. To recover this loss and to pay for power purchase, APDCLis compelled to approach to Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission to increase the rate of energy tariff. The public in general have to bear the brunt of this increased rate in electricity tariff as the resultant load of the loss generated from the defaulting consumers is compensated from the general public,” Himanta Biswa Sarma said.