Goa’s power dept extends OTS scheme again

The electricity department has granted yet another extension to its one time scheme (OTS) for power defaulters. Power minister Nilesh Cabral announced that the scheme would be kept open for another month, till February 28 without the option of six instalments.

He said they will be allowed to settle their dues within two instalments. “They have to pay the first instalment while applying and keep the second one ready,” Cabral said. Among the defaulters are also those who applied for the scheme and paid the first instalment but haven’t paid any subsequent instalments for whatever reasons he said. “We are giving them another opportunity to pay. We are waiving the delayed payment charges (DPC) but only if they pay 100% in a single instalment,” he said. The government has recovered Rs 170 crore out of Rs 413 crore where a total of 2 lakh consumers availed of the scheme and one lakh consumers are yet to avail of it. The department has disconnected the power supply to more than 15,000 consumers, he said.

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