Nashikrod : In any case, the reading of each electricity meter should be 100% accurate. The inconvenience caused to the customers due to wrong electricity bills and loss of revenue of Mahavitaran will not be tolerated at all. Mahavitaran Chairman and Managing Director Vijay Singhal warned that failure to take accurate meter readings would result in criminal action against the meter reading agencies as well as the employees concerned. Strict action will be taken against He was addressing a meeting with regional directors, chief engineers, superintending engineers, executive engineers and sub-divisional officers across the state through video conferencing at the headquarters.
Sanjay Taksande, Director, Mahavitaran and Yogesh Gadkari, Executive Director, were present on the occasion. Interacting directly with the field officers of Mahavitaran, Singhal said that the company is responsible for charging the electricity bill as per the units used by the customers. For this, a separate mobile app has been created for photo meter reading and the process of taking readings has been made simple and fast. Agencies are paid handsomely for every meter reading. Still, there are cases of taking wrong readings of the meter and blurring of photos, comments of not being able to take readings, etc. He made it clear that now such a thing will not be tolerated. Meter readings of all customers in urban and rural areas should be taken with 100% accuracy. In such a situation, there is a loss of revenue of Mahavitaran.
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At the same time, the electricity consumers have to face the problem of correction in the bill. Hence it has been decided to blacklist the reading agency and its employees by simply sending a notice. Singhal also directed to take action against those who fail to get cent percent accurate meter readings this February. During the meeting, Director Taksande outlined measures to avoid errors and faulty readings caused by meter reading. He said that the performance of every meter reading agency in the state is being recorded in the Information Technology System. Based on that as well as the average of wrong readings per month, the concerned reading agency will be fined. Taksande clarified that if there is no reform, it will be blacklisted with criminal proceedings and such agencies and their employees will not be able to get work again in Mahavitaran.