NDMC owes us Rs 62.53 cr: Tata Power

Tata Power DDL (TPDDL) on Saturday said it has not fully paid electricity tax dues to North Delhi Municipal Corporation for two months as the latter has not paid electricity bills totalling over Rs 62 crore. Claiming that the Corporation owes Rs 62.53 crore in electricity consumption bills, the power distribution company said any further delay in payment of dues may result in blackout of streetlights in North and Northwest Delhi.

‘NDMC (North Delhi Municipal Corporation) owes Rs 62.53 crore towards electricity consumption bills for streetlights, high mast lights to TPDDL. These payments/dues are pending for the last two years,’ TPDDL said in a statement.

The Corporation has not been paying the relevant tariff on electricity consumption as per the notified rates declared by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission DERC, it claimed.

‘Owing to non-payments by NDMC, TPDDL was constrained to partly adjust the electricity tax dues for two months from the outstanding payments due from NDMC... Any further delay in payment of dues by NDMC may result in blackout of streetlights in North & Northwest Delhi,’ TPDDL said.