TS CS held a Meeting with the Discoms, Municipal and Panchayat Raj Officials at BRKR Bhavan, Hyderabad

As per the directions of the Honourable Chief Minister Shri                                  K Chandrasekhar Rao, Chief Secretary  Shri Somesh Kumar IAS held a meeting with the discoms, municipal and panchayat raj officials to resolve issues  pertaining to the payment of electricity bills.

              Chief Secretary directed that all the gram panchayats and municipalities should pay the current month power bills every month.  Any deviations will be viewed seriously. Arrears will be separated  and a decision on payment for the same will be taken up later.  He asked the Discoms to prepare a detailed report on arrears within seven days duly reconciling the figures with the gram panchayats and municipalities.  Detailed report and options regarding arrears would be presented shortly before the Hon’ble Chief Minister to take policy decision on arrears related to local bodies.

              Joint teams of Discoms, gram panchayats and municipality officials should be constituted to resolve discrepancies in bills such as those relating to  borewells etc. Chief Secretary directed that 100 % bills shall be generated by Discoms  based on meter readings only. Meters should be fixed where ever it has not been done within one month.

              Principal Secretary Municipal Administration Shri Arvind Kumar, Secretary Panchayat Raj Shri Sandeep Kumar Sultania, Secretary Municipal Administration Shri Sudershan Reddy, Commissioner Panchayat Raj Shri Raghunandan Rao, Director Municipal Administration Shri Satyanarayana CMD SPDCL Shri Raghuma

Reddy  and other officials attended the meeting.