UP man gets ‘shock’ of his life as he receives electricity bill of Rs 128 crore

PTI, Jul 21, 2019, 1:24 PM IST

Hapur: An Uttar Pradesh man got the shock of his life when he was handed over a Rs 128 crore electricity bill and asked to pay up to restore his connection.

Shamim, a septuagenarian, of Hapur district has received an electricity bill for Rs 1,28,45,95,444 and his power load is merely 2 KiloWatt.

He has said that he approached the Electricity Department to rectify the error, but was told by officials to pay the bill or else the electricity will not be reconnected.

“No one listens to our pleas, how will we submit that amount? When we went to complain about it, we were told that they will not resume our electricity supply unless we pay the bill,” he said.

Shamim told reports that his monthly electricity bill is around Rs 700 and Rs 800.

“But this time, the Electricity Department has given me the bill of the entire city,” he said.

Senior officials of the Power Department in Lucknow said that they were not aware of the matter and hence, could not comment. When told about the matter, they said it could be a technical glitch and would be rectified.

Till then, Shamim and his family will live in darkness.