Society members began a signature campaign to seek removal of private society builder from electricity bill collection system. They want to pay electricity bills directly to the power company.
Residents of Amrapali Zodiac, a residential society in Sector 120, Noida, began a signature campaign against the electricity authorities to protest faulty power supply.
Even after paying electricity bills in advance to the developer, residents of most flats find that their dues to Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Ltd (PVVNL) have not been cleared. The builder charges the residents based on prepaid electric consumption on the meters installed at the housing society.
The residents began collecting signatures of all residents on a letter addressed to PVVNL executive engineer detailing the situation. Already, the campaign has got a good response with quite a few residents in each tower affixing their signatures.
The residents said in the letter that they had brought the issue of preventing the builder from collecting electric consumption bills when the issue was raised with the city magistrate Mahendra Singh earlier this month. The residents are hopeful that the magistrate will pass an order to evolve a system wherein the residents will pay electricity bills directly to the power company, PVVNL.
Jogindra Singh, a resident, said that the city magistrate had already forwarded a letter given by them to PVVNL for its consideration. Following up on the mater, they have begun the signature campaign to impress upon the officials how serious the issue was.
He said, “Despite residents clearing all bills, the builder had not paid the same to PVVNL. Most residents have been paying in advance, but there are dues on the society developer,” Singh said.
