Ansari was shocked when he discovered that his store’s electrical energy invoice was Rs 86 lakh
Valsad (Gujarat):
A tailor in Gujarat’s Valsad was in for a shock when he acquired an electrical energy invoice that exceeded his store’s property worth. Muslim Ansari runs the store along with his uncle and often pays energy payments by UPI. His coronary heart skipped a beat when he noticed the invoice quantity: Rs 86 lakh.
“I used to be shocked and thought how may this occur. I rushed to electrical energy board workplace the following day and confirmed them the invoice,” he advised the media.
New Trend Tailor, situated in Chor Gali of Valsad, stitches males’s outfits, starting from shirt-pants to sherwanis. The store attracts electrical energy provided by the state-owned Dakshin Gujarat Vij Firm Restricted that has over 32 lakh shoppers unfold throughout seven districts in south Gujarat.
Quickly after Mr Ansari flagged his huge invoice, officers from the discom rushed to his store and examined the meter. What they discovered was that two digits — 10 — had been mistakenly added to the meter studying and this led to the massive invoice quantity.
“There was a mistake. The one that took the meter studying added the digits 10 to the meter studying and this led to the (Rs 86 lakh) invoice. Now we have now given a revised invoice of Rs 1,540,” mentioned Hitesh Patel, an worker of the ability distribution firm.
Muslim Ansari is relieved now. “They’ve checked the problem and given me a brand new invoice. That is for Rs 1,540. The electrical energy invoice for the store is often below Rs 2,000,” he mentioned with a smile, between hemming clothes along with his stitching machine. The store is attracting a number of guests now after the information of the 86 lakh invoice unfold. Some are additionally clicking pictures of the outdated invoice. Mr Ansari joked that he ought to now begin charging for the images.
Inputs by Sachin Kulkarni