Unlock 1.0: High power bills irk consumers, celebs take to social media

Discoms start campaign to educate about provisional bills, urge self meter reading

Noted stand-up comedian Vir Das last week took to Twitter, asking if anyone else has also received an electricity bill which is "triple the usual amount". There was a stream of replies including, those of many celebrities, all acknowledging high electricity bills. Actress Taapsee Pannu even shared photos of her bill in which she was charged Rs 36,000.

Not just Mumbai, consumers from Delhi, Bengaluru, Noida, Lucknow, Kochi, Chennai and several cities across different states have taken to social media to complain about higher-than-usual electricity charges. These complaints are against both, state and private power distribution companies.

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