And its not just the common man who had been bamboozled with over the board electricity bill, even bollywood stars came in for a shock after receiving their electricity bills. From Arshad Warsi, Renuka Shahane to Taapsee Pannu who received a shocking electricity bill of Rs. 32,000 during the three month lockdown period.
Although, we must add that after some number crunching and decoding the electricity bill, Taapsee did find the bill to be legitimate after all since it accounted for the ‘3-month’ consumption period. However, she pointed out that the calculation method could have been better by the state discom authority.
Now, imagine the crores of people who must have gone into a tizzy just as Taapsee did after receiving an exorbitant electricity bill which consisted of a calculation method that was completely unclear to the common man.
Discomfort and complaints towards high electricity bills were raised by residents from several states across India such as Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra and expressed that electricity bills have increased two to three folds during the lockdown period.