Need A Heater In This Kashmir District? Show Paid Electricity Bill First
NDTV
The curbs on the sale of heaters, geysers, ACs and other electric appliances have been imposed under Section 144 - usually used to ban large gatherings.
So, you want to buy a heating appliance to battle the brutal winter in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district this year? Prove that you have paid your latest electricity bill first.
The district administration has imposed restrictions on the sale of electric appliances in Doda and asked shopkeepers not to sell heating gadgets to customers unless they produce the latest paid electricity bill.
The curbs on the sale of heaters, geysers, ACs and other electric appliances have been imposed under Section 144 - usually used to ban large gatherings - by the District Magistrate of Doda Vishesh Paul Mahajan.
The official has also flat-out banned the manufacture, possession and sale of water heaters and appliances which use nichrome wire heating coils - a cheap heating element.
