There are arrears of approximately Rs 31,000 to Rs 32,000, and her bill for 28 days of March alone was around Rs 55,000. Along with other charges, the total came to around Rs 91,000, Sandeep Kumar, the Managing Director of HPSEBL said
The HPEBL said that Kangana Ranaut (above) also received a subsidy of Rs 700, which was applied to her bill, following the regular procedure. File Pic/Instagram
The Himachal Pradesh Electricity Board Limited (HPSEBL) on Thursday issued a clarification on Kangana Ranaut's electricity bill and stated that her bill was not Rs 1 lakh but it includes arrears and high consumption, the ANI reported.
Speaking to the ANI, Sandeep Kumar, the Managing Director of HPSEBL, addressed Kangana Ranaut's alleged high power bill.
"Kangana Ranaut, the Member of Parliament from Mandi parliamentary constituency, had raised an issue in the media, claiming that the electricity board had sent her a bill of Rs 1 lakh. I would like to clarify that the bill was not of Rs 1 lakh but Rs 91,000 and some hundred rupees," Sandeep Kumar stated, according to the ANI.
He explained that the amount in question was not a single month's bill but a cumulative amount covering multiple billing cycles and arrears.
According to Kumar, Kangana cleared her November and December bills only on January 16, and she had not paid her January and February bills either. The 20-day billing cycle of March had already passed by the time the bill was generated, as per the ANI.
"There are arrears of approximately Rs 31,000 to Rs 32,000, and her bill for 28 days of March alone was around Rs 55,000. Along with other charges, the total came to around Rs 91,000," he said, as per the ANI.
Kumar stated that had the payments been made on time, the amount would not have appeared as high.
Kumar also clarified that no one from Kangana Ranaut's side had approached the electricity board directly before the issue was raised publicly.
"Neither did anyone confidentially inquire from us, nor did we release any statement until now. We have since issued a press note to clarify the situation, Kumar said, the ANI reported.
The board confirmed that Kangana Ranaut also received a subsidy of Rs 700, which was applied to her bill, following the regular procedure.
Addressing the technical aspects, Kumar stated that Kangana Ranaut's connected load is significantly higher than the average domestic user.
"Her domestic connection load is 94 kilowatts, which is about 1500 per cent more than the standard domestic meter load," he said, the news agency reported.
"In March alone, during 28 days, she consumed around 9,000 units of electricity," he added.
"The power being consumed is at her residence, and the bill pertains solely to that connection. If there are any other connections in her name, I am not aware of them." Kumar said, according to the ANI.
(with ANI inputs)
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