Software update under way at F’bad DHBVN, bills stuck

Bijendra Ahlawat

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Tribune News Service

Faridabad, September 27

Power consumers in Faridabad have not received their electricity bills over the last few months as Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) is carrying out a software replacement drive, due to which it has failed to issue bills worth crores.

This has resulted in an unusual delay in bill payment in a majority of subdivisions in the Faridabad operation circle. The circle has around 4.3 lakh consumers at present.

“My electricity bill has been due since August,” said DP Sharma a resident of Sector 16. The DHBVN is replacing the old software with new one provided by HCL in order to computerise the billing system and to make online payments easier.

Admitting that software replacement work was on, Ravi Thakral, DHBVN spokesperson, said the system was likely to get normalised within a fortnight.