Mohan Kuthar

Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (EP)

Mangaluru, June 15: Sadashiva Acharya, a resident of Ullalbail here has received a bill for Rs 7 lacs for the power consumed at his residence. The stunned residents were asked by the meter reader to obtain clarifications about the bill at the Mescom office.

The bill has denoted a consumption of 99,338 units of electricity amounting to Rs 7,71,072. Sadashiva Acharya said that they have been receiving an average monthly bill of about Rs 3,000 and they have been paying it every month regularly. People of his house were shocked beyond doubt looking at the new bill, he said.

Dayananda, executive engineer of Mescom sub-division, Ullal said that bills are issued through agencies. The bill was printed wrongly due to the fault of the meter reader. The bill should not be handed over to the subscriber if there are such mistakes. He said that a new bill will be issued to the consumer. 

Later, a bill for Rs 2,833 was sent to Sadashiva Acharya's residence this afternoon.