Haryana woman gets drums played and distributes sweets as she gets electricity bill of nearly Rs 22 lakh- WATCH

A woman in Haryana's Panipat received an electricity bill of Rs 21.89 lakh. She mockingly offered her house to the state government saying she is unable to pay such a hefty bill.

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New Delhi: In a bizarre incident a woman in Haryana received an electricity bill of over 21 lakh rupees for a household of just 534 square meters. After receiving the huge electricity bill the woman visited the power department and opted for a unique method to protest against the hefty bill. The elderly woman got the drums played and distributed sweets as she took a dig at the Haryana government by offering her house to citing that she is not able to pay such a huge amount of electricity bill.

The 65-year-old widow Suman resides in Sant Nagar where a 2 KW load domestic electricity connection. But after getting the electricity bill of Rs 21.89 lakh she reached the electricity office and protested with drums and distributed sweets. She took a dig at the Haryana government by offering her house to citing that she is not able to pay such a huge amount of electricity bill.

The video of the incident vial all over social media where the woman is seen holding the hefty electricity bill and a poster through which she is offering her house to the government. "I want to name my house to the electricity department and Haryana government because I am unable to pay the bill," the poster stated. The poster also had "Koti-Koti Dhanyawad" written all over mocking the electricity department. 

#WATCH | A woman received an #electricitybill of Rs 21.89 lakh in #Haryana. In protest, she got drums played outside the electricity department office. pic.twitter.com/oZXdVg03on — Zee News English (@ZeeNewsEnglish) December 3, 2022

This is not the first time when the woman has received an incorrect electricity bill, according to media reports, in 2019, she was charged Rs 12 lakh, and to get these hefty bills waived off, the widow has to reach the govt offices.
Suman also told that there is only one fan and two LED bulbs in his house and that 80 thousand rupees were submitted by here as the department threatened to cut the electricity connection thrice.

The SDO of the Electricity Corporation said that the electricity bill is being rectified and action will be taken against the officers and employees who generated the wrong bills. After the protest on November 29, the matter came to the notice of Deputy Commissioner Sushil Sarwan, and the bill was rectified. The total bill was fixed at around ₹ 38000.