Guwahati News Desk: The Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL) has released a clarification through a press release regarding a news item that is being circulated in the digital and social media that a huge amount of energy bill of Rs 4.5 crore is pending against the Director-General of Police office.
In the official notification, it was said that the payments of the energy bill of nine government departments i.e. Irrigation Department, Health Department, General Administration, Home Department, and Police Department are paid centrally by the General Administration Department of Government of Assam on regular basis.
In the release, it was also stated that the latest dues against the electricity bills raised for the police department are in process in the General Administration Department for payment to Assam Power Distribution Company Limited.
The Assam Power Distribution Company Limited has already faced a loss of over Rs 1000 crore as announced by the officials during a press conference meet of APDCL held in the Bijuli Bhawan on July 2.
It was stated by APDCL official Bhaskar Jyoti Bora, around 70 percent of people did not pay their power bills and 53 percent of people are yet to pay their power bills currently. The State has received a total of Rs 12.11 crore power bills marking today.
The demand for the power bills was Rs 513 crore but the department has received an amount of Rs 508 crore, said APDCL officials in the conference.
