Every Bihar Household Will Have Prepaid Meters Installed By March 2025

Every Bihar household will have prepaid meters installed by March 2025

Patna, Dec 15 : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Wednesday that prepaid meters will be installed in every house of the state by March 2025.

 Every Bihar Household Will Have Prepaid Meters Installed By March 2025-TeluguStop.com

While inaugurating an energy art gallery and auditorium in Patna, Kumar said that the installation of smart prepaid meters will begin from January 2022, and the power discoms have been directed to complete the same by March 2025.

The concept of smart prepaid meters was launched in Bihar for the first time in 2019.The completion of the initiative will be done in five phases.”The smart prepaid meters have many advantages.The consumers, through prepaid connection, would know the quota of units, and hence they would not misuse it.It will create awareness among people to use electricity as per their requirements,” Kumar said.”We have received many complains of excessive billings in postpaid meters.The prepaid meters would minimise cases of wrongful connections.I am also appealing to the mediapersons to highlight the wrongdoings in the power sector.

The department will take prompt action against the offenders,” Kumar said.
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Prepaid meters to be installed in every Bihar household by March 2025

Kumar inaugurated an auditorium and energy art gallery in Patna.

He stated that smart prepaid meters would be installed starting January 2022 and power discoms will complete it by March 2025.
In 2019, Bihar saw the launch of smart prepaid meters for the first-time.

In five stages, the project will be completed.

Smart prepaid meters offer many benefits.

Through prepaid connections, the consumers would be able to see their quota and not abuse it.Kumar stated that it will raise awareness and allow people to choose the right amount of electricity for them.

We have been receiving many complaints about excessive billings from postpaid meters.Prepaid meters will reduce the likelihood of unintentional connections.

Also, I appeal to media persons to bring attention to wrongdoings within the power sector.Kumar stated that the department would take swift action against those responsible.

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