After Lalganj division, soon meter readers in other divisions will prepare bills by taking readings of two months. Actually, due to the large scope of meter readers, they were being careless in taking readings. Keeping this in mind, preparations are being made for this now.
In villages, due to the negligence of the meter readers, there were frequent errors in the bills. Due to this, the consumers had to face trouble. They had to make rounds of the offices. The meter readers did not prepare the bills every month. After investigation, both the deficiency and negligence of the meter readers came to light.
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Due to heavy workload, meter readers were just doing the formality in the name of reading. The most problem was found in Lalganj division. To solve this problem, meter readers in villages will now visit consumers’ homes every two months. They will prepare bills after taking readings. This means that now consumers will pay bills for two months together. The division will be divided into four parts. This will be done in a phased manner.
There are a total of 375 meter readers in the district. There are 75 meter readers in Lalganj. After Lalganj division, this system will soon be started in the rural areas of Raniganj, Kunda and Sadar divisions. Superintending Engineer Satyapal said that now this initiative will be taken in other divisions too, so that the billing system can be improved.
