Top 30 defaulters owe Pondy electricity dept Rs 109 crore
The top 30 defaulters owed Rs 109 crore dues to the Puducherry electricity department, revealed an RTI reply. Public information officer cum financial controller of the electricity department S Prabavady while replying to a query filed by RTI activist Saurav Das furnished the list of the top 30 defaulters, who have not paid the charges for the month of April this year and their accumulated arrears over the years.The defaulters mostly included public sector units, cooperative societies and a few government departments besides a handful of private players. The Puducherry cooperative spinning mills topped the defaulters' list with accumulated dues of Rs 39.37 crore followed by Sri Bharathi Mills (Rs 11.93 crore), the executive engineer – publi.....