Sampark levy on power bill payment withdrawn by Chandigarh

Nearly three months after the UT Administration introduced charges for various services at Sampark centres in the city, it has withdrawn facilitation fee being charged from consumers against payment of electricity bills, both offline and through its portal.The decision comes on the directions of the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC). The department had been charging Rs 20 for each power bill payment at Sampark centre counters and Rs 10 for payment through the online mode.Rupesh Kumar, Director, Information Technology, UT, said the facilitation charges on electricity bills had been withdrawn on the directions of the JERC and after getting approval of the UT Administrator. Now, the expenses would be borne by the UT Electricity De.....