electricity department sent 2.25 lakh bill

In Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, the officials of the Electricity Department came up with a unique feat, after which they were asked to feed the people of the orphanage. In fact, instead of sending a bill of 4000 to a customer, an electricity bill of more than 2 lakh rupees was sent. Regarding this matter, 4 officials of the electricity department in Varanasi have been instructed to feed the people of the orphanage as a punishment. This electricity bill was added in the year 1911. Uttar Pradesh Electricity Corporation Limited found these officials guilty by the Uttar Pradesh Information Commission and they were ordered to reduce the electricity bill to Rs 3998.

During the proceedings, the Commission asked the accused officials whether UPPCL was in existence in 1911 and whether the people of Varanasi were getting electricity then. Umashankar Yadav, a resident of Varanasi, went to pay an electricity bill of Rs 2.24 lakh on one connection from UPPCL. Umashankar raised a question on this bill but he did not get a proper solution.

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Umashankar sought information from the corporation under Right to Information in December 2022. But when they did not get a proper answer, they went to the higher authorities. In April 2023, Yadav knocked on the door of the Uttar Pradesh Commission. State Information Commission Ajay Kumar Upreti said that as a result four UPCL officials were found guilty and they were asked to feed children in 2 orphanages in Varanasi.