Cases of irregularities in electricity bills have become common across the country. Such cases keep coming to light every month. Now a surprising case of electricity department has come to light from Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh. Here, a businessman making bricks from concrete has received a bill of more than Rs 2 billion from the electricity office, due to which the businessman and the people around him have been shocked. At the same time, the businessman immediately informed the electricity office in this regard and after which the board rectified the mistake citing this technical fault. At the same time, a copy of this messed up bill has also surfaced.

Businessman loses power after seeing electricity bill
This case is of Behadvi Jatta village of Bhoranj sub-division of Hamirpur district, where brick making businessman Lalit Dhima was shocked when he saw his electricity bill. The businessman saw in the electricity bill that he had been given a bill of Rs 2 billion 10 crore 42 lakh 8 thousand and Rs 405. The businessman was so shocked after seeing the bill that he himself could not understand how much was the amount in the bill. In such a situation, to console himself, the businessman immediately informed the electricity office.

What is the actual amount of the bill?
Here, the businessman’s son has also narrated his entire ordeal regarding this shocking electricity bill. He has said, ‘When we saw this electricity bill, we were shocked, at first we could not believe how such a big bill came, then we immediately informed the electricity department about it, then the electricity department told that There was a big discrepancy in the bill due to technical glitch, then we got the new bill after three to four hours and our total bill was Rs 4047, we heaved a sigh of relief after seeing the new electricity bill.

What did the SDO say?
Meanwhile, businessman Lalit Dhiman says that his average bill every month is only four to five thousand rupees, but this time when he saw his new bill, the ground slipped under his feet. He told that when he received this bill amounting to more than Rs 2 billion, he was stunned for some time. On this error in the electricity office, SDO of Electricity Board Bhoranj, Anurag Chandel says, this big mistake in the electricity bill has happened due to technical reasons, the businessman’s bill has been rectified and he has been given a new bill of Rs 4047. It has also been said that from now on such mistakes will be given full attention.

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