Ambala resident gets electricity bill of Rs 85.86 lakh

A resident of Manmohan Nagar here was shocked when he received a bill of Rs 85.86 lakh from the electricity department of Haryana.
However, the department officials while acknowledging the error promised him to rectify the same.
Virender Sharma today said he has an electricity connection in the name of his wife Poonam Rani.
He said he was shocked when he received the bill of Rs 85.86 lakh for payment for the period July till September.
The total power consumption was shown 999330 units for the billing period, he said.
He claimed that the department charged Rs 6.75 per unit while the remaining amount was added as other charges.

He said his sanctioned load was 3.5 KW and in August, he consumed 2201 units while in June 1325 units were consumed.
A Sub Divisional Officer of Haryana electricity department said that there was an error in the bill and it would be rectified in next 2-3 days.