Hyderabad: From next month, it will no longer be possible for government offices to utilise power indiscriminately and not pay for it. These offices have huge unpaid power bills.
The power distribution companies are setting up prepaid rechargeable electricity meters in government offices as directed by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to conserve power. Discoms have acquired about 20,000 prepaid meters and the Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) cleared their use.
Discoms will start setting up the meters in government offices from June and cover all offices in two months. The offices will have to purchase power in advance, like cellphone recharge. If they do not pay in advance, they will not have electricity.
The project is long delayed: The government wanted the meters installed by March 31, 2016, but there were slippages in the tender process.
