Extension of electricity through contract in Tehrathum, illegal recovery from consumers

But the consumers have complained that the employees of the authority have collected Rs 5,000 to Rs 7,000 in cash from them along with labor during the electricity expansion.

There is no mention in the contract agreement about the labor donation and fees for the electricity expansion through the contract . According to Pratish Dhakal, head of Nepal Electricity Authority distribution center Tehrathum, the electricity expansion is done through contract. Premkumar Tamang, a resident of Atharai-3 Hwaku, said that before the electricity expansion, a consumer committee was formed across the municipality.

He said, 'They asked us to raise seven thousand per family to expand electricity. Without thinking that electricity will come to the village, every house raised money and submitted it to the chairman of the consumer committee. We donated 15-20 days of labor for carrying poles and burying.' Mankumar Ingnam of Atharai-4 Ewa said that he donated labor equivalent to money after he was told that he should be paid for the extension of electricity. He says that 28 houses in the village Iwa where he lives have donated 21 days of labor.

According to him, 4,700 rupees were paid separately to Narendra Kumar Baniyan, chairman of the consumer committee, for the connection of the meter box. Only later did the villagers come to know that the electricity authority will give the meter box for 2,200. Banian, chairman of the consumer committee of Ewa area, said that he had given the amount to Santosh Banian, an employee of the electricity authority.

Renuka Bastola of Iwa told that Santosh Baniyan said that he should do Shramdan and pay money . Donations were made, money was collected, electricity was brought to the village. Now the electricity goes out intermittently . We were cheated,' he said. In the financial year 2075/76, Ishwari Construction Services Pvt.

According to Pratish Dhakal, head of Electricity Authority Tehrathum, line numbers have been assigned separately in different areas of Atharai region. Pvt Ltd worked on the contract agreement. 1 crore 53 lakh 13 thousand in line no. 2, 1 crore 31 lakh 27 thousand in line no. 3, 1 crore three lakh 64 thousand for line no. 5, 21 lakh 93 thousand in line no. 4 crore five lakh 87 thousand The contract was made in the amount .

It was not in the contract about charging or donating labor from consumers for the extension of electricity . In the same year, Shashidhar Nirman Seva Pvt Ltd worked on Line No. 2 with a contract of Rs. 1.22 lakh 63 thousand with Nepal Electricity Authority.

In the year 2077/78, Ishwari Construction Services Pvt. In the area where electricity was extended through the contract, it was not said that there would be labor donation anywhere and that money would not be collected from the consumers.

Amar Visunkhe of Atharai-2 Khamlalung told that the villagers knew that the national transmission line electricity was extended for free from the state only in 2077. According to Visunkhe, 7000 per family was paid for the extension of electricity from the village and they worked for 18 days.

After finding out that he was cheated, the Atharai Sanghsarsh Committee has been formed with the demand to get the raised amount and labor wages. The said committee protested and complained to the bodies of the rural municipality. Tej Kumar Ingnam, Vice President of Atharai Sanghharsh Samiti, said that the extra money collected for the meter box in the council area of ​​Atharai rural municipality-3 has been returned.

The vice president who found out that he was cheated when the contract between the contractor and the fuse service staff in Ward No. 7 Thoklung, which provided funds to the consumer committee at the rate of Rs. 700 for small poles and Rs. Ingnam told

The contractor company has shown ignorance about the labor donation and the amount collected in the electricity extension . Devendra Adhikari, the owner of Ishwari Construction Services Pvt.

Yogesh Ingnam, who worked as a box contractor in Ewa area, said that the meter box worth 2,200 was taken for 3,700 and other materials needed for the installation of the meter box were being purchased. He said that 200 per house was returned after the dispute.

Even though the residents of Atharai rural municipality were cheated in the electricity extension, there is a need to find out the real cheater, says Suman Hangsrong, a member of the struggle committee. He said, 'asked the contractor, the box contractor says . Asked the box contractor, the authority employee says . Asked the head of the authority, he says that all the work has been done through the contract. Who is the real cheater? Who took the raised amount?'

The Atharai Sanghsarsh Committee demands that the authority should investigate and find out about the irregularities in the name of electricity extension and return the money taken from the consumers and get the money for the labor. Narahari Ghimire, the spokesperson of the Commission, said that a complaint has also been filed with the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority and the complaint is being investigated.