SRINAGAR: The government offices, politicians, bureaucrats, hospitals, security agencies, and industries in the Kashmir valley owe a whopping amount of hundreds of crores of Rupees to the Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) on account of electricity bills.
The official figures reveal that under Sub-Division Karan Nagar of KPDCL, the Chief Accounts Officer SMC has Rs 32,68,735 pending on account of electricity charges.
Likewise, the executive engineer (Estates) at the new secretariat has an amount to the tune of Rs 1,53,46,837 pending on account of electricity charges.
The official figures further reveal that the executive engineer of the Roads and Building (Bridge) division has a balance of Rs 30,74,657.
According to the figures revealed by the Public Information Officer (PIO) in a reply to the Right to Information (RTI) application, the Shalistore owes Rs 2,2,21,342 to KPDCL on account of electricity bills, followed by the archives and archeology department with an outstanding amount of Rs 1,72,239.
It also states that in the Karan Nagar division, the Chief Planning Officer has a balance of Rs 7,75,293, followed by the Lawyers Chamber with Rs 2,93,451 and the executive engineer electrical with Rs 2,28,885.
The PIO said that the ‘Deputy Commissioner (stamp) has an outstanding balance of Rs 41,74,902, followed by the Deputy Commissioner with Rs 37,34,785, the Deputy Director Statistics and Evaluation with Rs 4,45,878, and the Secretary Legislative Assembly with a total outstanding balance of Rs 3,26,797.’
Likewise, AEE (STD-II) Karan Nagar has a total of Rs 15,66,572 pending on account of electricity charges, followed by AEE (Left River Division) of SMC with Rs 56,00,844, and CAO (Public Lights) with Rs 10,17,77,521.
Stating the outstanding balance of the police, security agencies, and different battalions of CRPF in the division, the PIO said that more than Rs 40.7 crores were lying pending on account of electricity charges.
In the meantime, the PIO of KPDCL Sub-Division Chanapora, in a reply to RTI, said that the officials, politicians, and bureaucrats have an outstanding balance of Rs 1,63,605, followed by the police and paramilitary forces with a balance of Rs 20,29,0,679, hospitals with Rs 30,17,365, industries with Rs 89,03,75, and other government departments with Rs 21,82,30,655. (KNO)