Samrat Cement, Rolpa Cement, and Nav Nepal Plastic Industries have started paying installments of outstanding amounts.
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Industries that consume electricity through dedicated and trunk lines have started paying the premium tariff arrears to the Nepal Electricity Authority.
Samrat Cement, Rolpa Cement and Nav Nepal Plastic Industries have paid the installments. All three industries had started paying the arrears in the past by taking the installment facility. However, after paying some of the arrears by taking the 28 installment facility, they stopped paying the installments from last Baisakh.
Samrat Cement had obtained approval from the authority to pay the total arrears of Rs 37.7 million in additional charges for dedicated and trunk line usage from 2072 Magh to 2075 Baisakh in 28 installments, with each installment being Rs 1.349 million. The industry had stopped paying the installments from last Baisakh after paying four installments. The industry has paid three installments of Rs 40.47 million at once, and the installments up to Jestha have been paid.
As per the approved installment facility, only seven installments have been paid out of the 11 installments that were to be paid from Ashad to Asoj. A letter has been sent again to pay the remaining 4 installments of Rs 5.396 million and the industry has stated that it will pay the remaining installments regularly by paying the amount, informed Deepak Gautam, Chief of the Authority, Province Division Office, Nepalgunj.
Similarly, approval was obtained from the Authority to pay the outstanding amount of Rs 9.912 million of Rolpa Cement in 28 installments, with a monthly installment of Rs 3.54 million per installment. The industry stopped paying after paying 6 installments. The industry has reached a stage where it has paid Rs 1.77 million of five installments at once and is paying regular installments. Now, the industry has 17 installments to pay.
Similarly, Nav Nepal Plastic Industries has cleared the outstanding amount by paying 123,000 rupees in 12 installments.
