Home buyers allegedly being charged commercial tariffs by builders
The Hindu
A builder took one commercial HT connection from Bescom and later installed private meters for the residents.
In a 1,000-flat apartment complex, those who have moved in faced a harrowing experience recently when their builder cut their power supply. Shaan (name changed on request), a resident of the complex at Budigere cross said the builder had charged each buyer ₹1.75 lakh for a connection from the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom), but instead of providing a connection for each home, the builder took one commercial HT connection from Bescom and later installed private meters for the residents. “Now, the builder is charging nearly ₹8 per unit and when we request him to get a proper Bescom domestic connection, he is not responding. On top of it, on May 29, the builder disconnected most of the residents’ power connection demanding us to accept his private meter concept. Despite the COVID situation, we were still forced to come out of home to protest against this. He finally restored power when we said we will pay,” said the resident, adding that they approached the police, Bescom and K-RERA. While the police intervened briefly, they say they have a ruling in their favour from K-RERA. “But none of it has helped,” they said.More Related News