Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 28: A team of Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (JPDCL) Gangyal under the directions of Chief Engineer Distribution, Gurmeet Singh, led by P.D Singh, Executive Engineer, Electric Division-II, Gandhi Nagar and AEE, Gangyal Nitin Mahajan carried out a drive to disconnect connections of wilful defaulters of PDD having huge pending arrears.
A handout of JPDCL stated claimed that 7 big industrial connections and Post Office Bari Brahmana were among those whose power connections were disconnected.
The power of Sarveshwar Oversees having pending arrears of more than 10 lakh, ESS EMM Ice Factory having pending arrears of Rs. 22.97 lakh, ACE Engineers having pending arrears of 4.68 lakh, Shiv Shakti Metals having pending arrears of 7.07 lakh were among those whose connections were disconnected during the drive.
As per official spokesman of JPDCL, in continuation to daily disconnection drive, the Enforcement Team headed by Executive Engineer along with Assistant Executive Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Feeder Managers and other field staff conducted inspections in different sections of Electric Sub Division Gangyal and apprised industrial consumers that J&K Government has already waived off 50 per cent demand charges of the industrial and commercial consumers for the year 2020-21, so the pending arrears should be immediately cleared.
The readings of more than 20 industrial units were randomly checked to stop power theft.
The spokesman informed that some of the big industrial houses also have huge pending arrears and strict action shall be taken against those who fail to clear their dues in next few days.
Owners of the industries were sensitised towards paying electricity bills regularly so that the power deficit could be reduced.
Those who participated in the drive were P.D Singh, Executive Engineer, Nitin Mahajan, Assistant Executive Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Rajesh Kumar, Junior Engineer, Amit Gupta, Sanjeev Sharma and other field staff.
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