The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) chairman N S Pillai asking the consumers to pay the electricity bill of lockdown period in five instalments, is amusing. Does he mean that consumers have no job other than to stand in queue before the KSEB Section office?
In the absense of Electricity minister, Chairman NS Pillai has become a media maniac uttering nonsense. What consumers needed is a rollback of the heavy current bill issued to them. The consumers are of firm belief that bills were prepared maliously to charge extra. The Karnataka government has waived off current bills for five months. Why Kerala could not waive off two months at least?
The Chairman also says even if these bills are not paid, power connection will not be disconnected. This kind of talk is authoritarian and against the existing rules. The autocratic way of KSEB would come to an end if it is privatised and its present chairman is sent to corner.
K A Solaman
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