Jammu, Feb 18 (Abrar mughal): Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Department (PDD) has identified over 50,000 defaulter consumers across the Jammu region, and they may soon face snapping of electricity connections.
Official sources in the PDD said the department has readied a list of defaulters, and the enforcement teams have been engaged for initiating action on the ground with disconnection of the electricity connections.
“More than 50,000 consumers have been identified as defaulters in the Jammu division and the officers have been directed to take action against them as per the updated list,” they said. adding that the enforcement teams constituted at the sub-division level have been set into motion to disconnect the electricity connections if the bills are not paid in the next couple of days.
“Moreover, a similar campaign has also been launched against the government departments,” adding the government departments falling in the defaulters list have also been asked to deposit the bills by February 20, else they will also meet the same fate.
“In Jammu city, it is learnt that outstanding dues of the government departments are more than Rs 70 crores,” adding, “the Principal Secretary H Prasad has made it clear that the the consumers included in the defaulters list whether a government official, employee, bureaucrat or a politician, will not be spared and have to deposit the bills,” they said.
Officials said the target of revenue collection in Jammu division has been set for Rs 3600 crore, but only about Rs 1800 crore has been collected so far.
They said the financial year is ending on March 31, so the department is pressing hard to collect maximum revenue in the current financial year.
The officers unable to meet the revenue collection target may also face action.
Author: therajouritimes
Lakkar Mandi Janipur Jammu
