State-run Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation will soon introduce "tele-banking" for paying power bills. | |
| Chairman and Managing Director Deepak Singhal has said with the implementation of the IT-enabled mode of payment, the consumers will no longer have to visit the cash collection centres of the five power distribution companies in the state. |
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| He said tele-banking as a pilot project would be launched in Lucknow and later would be extended to other major towns of the state. |
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| Singhal said with the implementation of this system, the recovery of power dues would improve substantially. He said the long queues at the bill collection centres were a major factor deterring the consumers from paying each month. |
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| For improving the recovery of power dues in the rural areas, Singhal said there was a proposal for appointing "Bijlee Mitra" in villages for the distribution of power bills and collection of dues. It was likely to be a contractual appointment, and agents would be given a fixed commission, he said. |
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