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Non payment of power bills

KHS staff put KES officials in trouble

From A K M Zahoorul Huq
KA PT AI (Rangamati), 5 : The officials of Kaptai Electric Supply (KES) have been apprehending to be sacked from the services at any time for failure to realise the outstanding electricity revenue lying against the em ployees of Karnafuli Hydro Station amounting to Taka more than one crore, though they have been realising al most cent per up to date billed amount from the con sumers within their qptwork of supplying, officials said
KES has collected the elec tricity revenue of an amount of Taka 52 lakh in May "95 including a scanty amount as arrear. It supplies electricity to consumers worth over Taka 50 lakh monthly against some 3,100 connections
Excluding the 700 connections inVarnofuli Hydro Station (KHS) against the em ployes of Power Development Board, serving there, KES has 16 industrial, 46 high tension and low tension, 954 com mercials as well as 1816 domestic connections against whom, the monthly billing amount stands at around Taka 50 lakh It bills a rev enue for consuming electricity to 700 KHS employees amounting to Taka 4.5 lakh per month rebating 300 unit of electricity per consumer as per decision of the Board The employees of Power Development Board (PDBl are allowed to consume 30(5 unit free of cost, where supply of gas is not available, sources said.
The 700 defaulter consumers of KHS have been, avoiding payment of electricity revenue violating the de cision and directive of the Board, despite ceaseless drive of KES to wards realisation of the amount
The PDB in the 616th Board meeting held in Dhaka in March "95 very clearly di rected the concerned author hv to expedite payment of outstanding electricity rev enue lying against the em ployees of KHS, an official of KES told The Daily Star re aucstmg not to be named. Jor failure to realise outstanding bill from the employee' oi KHS, the officials oi KES did not get their production bonus prior to the last Edul Azha, whereas violating the Board's directive and avoiding e payment, the employees of KHS got the production bonus, the source alleged, adding that instead of censored the defaulters are rewarded
Besides, the outstanding bill against.the employees of KHS, KES is in problem with an outstanding of an amount oi Taka I 1,8 7,(XX). against the employes ot Bangladesh Water Development Board, serving and residing in KHS. More-over%inother amount of Taka 15,66,800 is also lying outstanding against 74 connections in the government in ■■tallations excluding Taka 4.5 lakh against the Thana Nir-bahi Officer, Raiasthali and Taka tour lakh against fire station, Kaptai
A number of 226 untfaced consumers, according to KES "hpdis bihm grahok , who consumed electricity worth Taka 12,23,000 during the year 1972 77 has figured high the total of unpaid electricity revenue, an official of KES said
Quoting a confidential report ot the Assistant Director, fkrcuntv of KHS, the source said that about 450 consumers have been consuming electricity illegally inside the KHS territory KHS, a key point installation, considered as a prohibited and restricted zone virtually beyond any control of KES, the sources added Referring the fate of the Mohalchhari Electric Supply under Rangamati Elec tricity Distribution Division-II, where every incumbents ranking from sweeper to Rest dent Engineer were put under suspension for failure to re ahse the electncitv revenue for the fiscal 1993-94 up to the target the source appre hend that the 44 staff of KES may lose their jobs if at least the employees of KHS avoid further in making payment of the outstanding electricity