Shamim and wife Khairu Nisha, resident of Chamri village in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur, have received an electricity bill of Rs 128,45,95,444 (Rs 1.28 billion) for using a fan and light inside their home.
Shamim said the electricity department has cut off his connection for not clearing the bill. “No one listens to our pleas, how will we submit that amount? When we went to complain about it, we were told that they won’t resume our electricity connection unless we pay the bill,” Shamin told ANI.
“I am running from pillar to post but no one is listening. It seems that the electricity department wants me to pay the bill for the whole Hapur,” he added.
Assistant Electrical Engineer Ram Sharan said, “This must be a technical fault. If they provide us the bill we will issue them an updated one after rectifying the technical fault in the system. This is no big deal. Technical faults do take place.” Reported ANI.
