Consumers say no to Pre-Paid Energy Meters ITANAGAR, on Dec 29: The move of the Department of Power to introduce Pre-Paid Energy Meters and Automated Remote Metering (AMR) systems in the state capital has met with major roadblock. Today residents of Abotani Colony, Itanagar, under the banner of Abotani Colony Committee stopped Power Department officials from installing Pre-Paid Energy Meter in the house. As per the report, residents of colony had heated verbal argument with Power Department officials and stopped them from installing the meters. The police also had to intervene to normalize the situation. The residents later staged dharna and demanded immediate scrapping of this project. Most of the residents of our colony are unaware of this service. Also the majority of the settlers of Abotani colony are poor and downtrodden. We will not be able to afford this system, the committee stated in a release. Further they have decided not to allow the installation of meter in the colony till power department completes the process in entire capital complex. This development comes just days after Power Minister said that government wants to implement the system all over the state in order to stop unauthorized power tapping.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 02:04:38 +0000