Bhubaneswar: During the first half of the disconnection drive on Thursday, the Central Electricity Supply Utility (CESU) cut off power supply of 1005 defaulters and collected Rs 5,38,98,000 crore balance amount.
The collection counters will remain open till late evening, a CESU spokesperson.
According to sources, there had been no law and order issue during the drive.
A total of 39 teams, including nine teams in Khurda division, began the drive this morning.
There are about 51,000 domestic and commercial consumers in Khurda district. While some consumers have paid their dues, several others are yet to deposit their arrears amounting to around Rs 80 crore. “As the rate of collection of dues has been negligible so far, we have no option but to disconnect power to their houses and establishments,” SDO of Khurda Division Manas Ranjan Nayak had said.
Notably, CESU has formed 413 special squads to disconnect power to default consumers in Khurda, Nayagarh, Puri, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Angul, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara and a part of Jajpur district, in a phased manner.
