To Visually Impaired Couple a 58 lakh Bill Comes As a Shock

Bhubaneswar : A family staying in Bhubaneswar was in for a shock after they allegedly received an electricity bill of whopping Rs 58 lakh while they use mere two ceiling fans and four LED bulbs.

Reportedly, Prasanna Nayak and his wife, are both visually impaired and reside at Panchagaon under Airfield police limits in the city. Prasanna received a bill of Rs 18,845 for the month of September, last year. However, after the intervention of the concerned authorities, he had to pay a rebated bill of Rs 9,700.

Later in December, last year, they installed a new electricity meter.

While. the billing was not carried out for them since then till July, they received a bill amounting to around Rs 58 lakh.