Asking the municipality to pay the arrears of street lights

The municipality says - 'We don't pay even a single rupee', the authority says - 'We have given the facility to pay in installments up to 60 months'.

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The Nepal Electricity Authority has asked the municipalities to pay the arrears of street lights. But the municipalities have warned that they will not pay even a single rupee because the authority has not sent the bill that should be paid in which month. According to the decision of the board of directors of the Authority, the notice has been issued on Sunday as per the decision to issue a 45-day public notice to allow submission in installments up to 60 months.

Asking the municipality to pay the arrears of street lights

The notification issued by the authority states, 'The local levels that have consumed electricity by installing street lights in the electrical infrastructure of Nepal Electricity Authority should contact the relevant distribution center of the authority within 45 days to apply for installment payment and get the facility of installment payment in order to be able to pay the arrears of electricity tariff with additional charges in installments up to 60 months. ;requested.'

The authority had previously issued a notification on 080 Oct 21 regarding the payment of street light electricity fee and meter installation. In the notice, the authority had issued a notice with the names of the municipalities that have yet to pay the arrears for street lights up to June 079/080 (excluding additional fees) and the amount to be paid, giving a deadline of 45 days. Chairman of Kathmandu Valley Mayors Forum and Mayor of Lalitpur Metropolitan City, Chiribabu Maharjan said that the street light fee will not be paid under any circumstances until the current financial year.

He says that the amount mentioned in the bill sent to the municipalities is not factual and the arrears are from many years ago. "I don't even know when the bill is, it's not clear in the bill how much was raised," he said, "so the arrears of street lights up to the current fiscal year should be cleared, the municipalities will pay from the next fiscal year." He stated that they are ready if the authority pays 40 percent.

Before the budget of the next financial year, the Kathmandu Valley Mayors Forum had met with Finance Minister Varshman Pun and asked him to clear the electricity arrears up to the current financial year. Maharjan Nmayi has asked to address this in the budget of the next financial year.

At that time, Maharjan says that if the Ministry of Finance will match the amount due to the authority's debt, the authority will not raise the arrears with the local level. At that time, Kulman Ghising, executive director of the authority, said that a meeting was held with the Kathmandu Valley Mayors Forum team under the leadership of the authority.

was discussed under the leadership of the authority. We had said that we are ready if the Ministry of Finance matches the amount for the arrears of local level street lights with the authority's loan. But the Ministry of Finance said that it will not be agreed, Ghising said, "Since the Ministry of Finance will not agree, we have requested the local levels to contact the relevant distribution center within 45 days with the facility of 60-month installment plan.

But Chairman of Mayors' Forum Maharjan quips that the authority to pay is the panchayat's street light bill or not knowing which one and from when. There is no account of the bill sent by the authority. We don't know how many units were consumed or what happened," he said. "We also need Aadhaar to pay money, we don't pay without Aadhaar. That's why we will not pay the money until the current financial year. The authority's spokesman Chandan Ghosh said that the local levels should pay the street light fee determined by the authority. He stated that the authority is trying to pay the remaining amount since the customer has been established by installing street lights.

Mayor Ghanshyam Giri of Chandragiri Metropolitan City also claimed that in the discussion with Finance Minister Pun, there was an order not to send any bill and not to cut the electricity line. It was said that the street light dispute will be addressed in the budget. But it didn't happen,' he said, 'We don't pay for the street lights.' Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal called the Kathmandu Mayors Forum even after the budget for the next financial year was presented. Even at that time, we requested that the matching be done so far and from the next fiscal year, the municipality would give 60 percent and the authority would give 40 percent discount or the association would pay, he said.

Giri says that the state is also responsible for paying for the electricity consumed on the national highway. He said that he is ready to pay the toll of the inner road within the city. Maharjan said that he is ready to pay the monthly bill from the next financial year with the policy of paying 60 percent of the bill for street lights of the road department under the federal government and 40 percent of the government or authority. Maharjan says that the municipality is assisting the authority in various areas such as land for substation construction and burying of poles, but if the authority sends a bill and cuts off the electricity because the bill is not paid, the municipality will not cooperate.

According to the authority, the arrears of street lights are highest in Kathmandu metropolis. It will have to pay Rs 1 billion 78 crore 97 lakh besides additional duties. But the dispute between the metropolis and the authority is separate.

Dhruv Kafle, head of the revenue department of the metropolis, said that the metropolis should collect more than 190 million from the authority for property tax. The authority will have to collect more than 19 crores from the property tax. The 10 percent amount for the pole rent and the internet provider is still to be determined,' he said, 'to determine the street light bill, the team of the metropolis and the authority have been studying for three months.' Kafle said the street light bill is yet to be paid. He said that the amount of the bill sent by the authority should be recalculated as it was extracted on the basis of 'load bearing'. "The amount to be paid by the metropolis is recalculated based on how many poles are on the road, which poles are connected to the lights," he said. break Fees determined by the authority (excluding additional duties)

Kathmandu Metropolitan City: 1 billion 78 million 97 million

Lalitpur Metropolitan City: 24 million 41 million