Haryana recovers over Rs 50 crore in power dues from poll candidates

Power utilities in Haryana have recovered over Rs 50 crore in electricity dues from candidates who had contested in the recently-held panchayat polls.

A spokesman of the Power Department said while the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) has recovered a sum of about Rs 21.82 crore, the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has received payments of outstanding bills to the tune of about Rs 28.45 crore.

He said a sum of about Rs 1.44 crore has been received in district Ambala, Rs 4.85 crore in Yamunanagar, Rs 1.03 crore in Kurukshetra, 2.88 crore in district Kaithal, Rs 3.98 crore in Karnal, about Rs 2.16 crore in Panipat, about Rs 1.50 crore in Sonepat, about Rs 1.80 crore in Rohtak and about Rs 2.18 crore in Jhajjar.

Similarly, recoveries to the tune of about Rs 1.32 crore have been made in Gurgaon, about Rs 2.33 crore in Palwal, about Rs 2.37 in Narnaul, Rs 7.57 crore in Hisar, about Rs 5.15 crore in Jind, Rs 1.99 crore in Faridabad, Rs 1.46 crore in Rewari, Rs 4.14 crore in Bhiwani and Rs 2.12 crore in Sirsa, he said.