Mangaluru, June 16, 2023: Sadashiva Acharya, a resident of Ullalbail in Ullal was shocked when he recently received an electricity bill for Rs 7,71,072. The power consumption showed a staggering 99,338 units.
Acharya who used to get an electricity bill within Rs 3000 every month immediately alerted the meter reader and as per his suggestion visited the MESCOM office at Chembugudde.
The officials who immediately responded have sent to revised bill to the consumer.
Reacting to the incident, Ullal MESCOM sub-division Executive Engineer Dayanand said the bills are issued through agency and added that a meter reader should not issue a bill to the consumer if found defective. He said revised bill for Rs 2,833 has been issued to the consumer.