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Tk 2.60 cr electricity bills unpaid

From Our Correspondent
MAULV1BAZAR. Sept 25 : Electricity bills amounting to Taka 2 60 crore have remained unpaid In Maulvibazar district, official source said.
Private and commercial consumers, government offices in the district have not paid bills for power consumption. These bills remained outstanding for a long time.
When the PDB authority declared the opportunity of late fine free payment of the electricity bills to the con sumers. Taka 1.40 crore were recovered from the defaulters since June 30. 1992.
In a recent drive, about 175 connections have been dlscon nccled for non payment of
electricity bills. Official sources said, there are 125 departmental cases at Comllla court of PDB against the Illegal power consumers.
A source told that Illegal use of electricity by some dishonest power consumers mainly suppressed as system loss.
The illegal use of power without metres and power hooks not only deprive the PDB of a huge revenue but also damage transformers, valuable electrical equipment and cause frequent load shedding.
It is alleged that some dis honest employees like metre readers, line m^n and some officials of PDB get their monthly kickback from illegal' power users to allow them cany on such anti-people acts. Some of the metre-readers have understanding with a class of dishonest power subscriber for minimum bill though these subscriber have power consumption metre. The metre-readers technically riverside back the wheel Into the metre to reduce the unit consumption
Regular recovery of power consumption charges may not be possible unless obligatory measures are takep. The con cerned authorities have also been urged to take necessary action against these dishonest officials.
Agricultural loans lying out standing with the Bangladesh Krishl Bank (BKB) In the Maul vibazar district amounted to Taka 36.99 crore including
Taka 15 crore 82 lakh which was distributed to the Tea-Industries of the district.
These loans were disbursed through 1 1 BKB branches from July 1. 1977 to June 30, 1992.
Most of the defaulters suffered tremendous losses due to poor crop production for various reasons, the source sakl
However. BKB has distributed more loans amounted to Taka 12.16 crore to the farmers during 1991 92 fiscal year. In which Taka 11.50 crore recovered The bank has filed 101 certificate cases against the defaulting farmers of the district.