UP energy dept to probe supply of Chinese smart meters

It is alleged that the Chinese company had bid through a shell entity in Indonesia

Amid the Indo-China border standoff, the Uttar Pradesh energy department is set to probe the alleged supply of Chinese smart meters under the garb of a shell company based in Indonesia.

Indonesia-based company PT Hexing had participated in the bidding process to supply the smart meters for installation at the premises of the electricity consumers in Uttar Pradesh.

However, UP Rajya Vidyut Upbhogta Parishad chairman Avadhesh Kumar Verma claimed PT Hexing was actually a shell company of China based Hexing Electrical Company Limited, since the two companies shared the same logo.

On his written complaint and documentary evidence, UP energy