Electricity will be connected from Tuesday to 6 industries whose lines have been cut

"If the arrears of the industrialists are not paid within three months, the power lines of the industries will be connected as per the instructions of the Electricity Regulatory Commission to take action to recover the arrears," said the authority's decision. '

Despite the disagreement of two members of the board of directors of the authority, it was decided to connect the electricity on the basis of the majority. Directors Kapil Acharya and Bhakta Bahadur are adamant that the line should not be connected without collecting the arrears. Regarding the implementation of the decision of the Council of Ministers, the board of directors disagreed saying that the line should not be connected again without recovering the arrears due to the power cut. "The line has been cut to collect the arrears according to the government's instructions, so a letter should have come from the Cabinet to cut the decision of the Council of Ministers, that is not the case," the source said, quoting the director's statement. The authority has decided to supply electricity based on the majority.

Reliance Spinning Mill, Ghorahi Cement, Arghakhanchi Cement, Jagdamba Steel, Jagdamba Synthetic and Hulas Steel had cut the lines of 6 industries since June 25. The authority sent a letter to 61 industries on June 10 asking them to pay the dues within 15 days. was The total amount owed by the industrialist to the authority is 6.6 billion rupees. But since 60 days have been cut to pay the electricity bill, the authority asked the industrialist to pay by adding 25 percent additional fee.