Team Herald
PANJIM: Reeling under a financial crisis, the Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) wants the State government to settle the outstanding electricity dues amounting to a whopping Rs 3 crore.
Mayor Surendra Furtado, in a letter to the CCP Commissioner, sought to send a proposal to the Directorate of Municipal Administration to sanction grants-in-aid to settle the electricity and water dues at the Panjim municipal market.
“Action may be taken now to send a proposal to the DMA for sanction of the grants-in-aid to the CCP for settlement of the outstanding dues of electricity charges and water supply to the Panjim municipal market immediately,” the letter states.
The Electricity Department had directed the CCP to pay an outstanding energy bill of Rs 3.12 crore failing which the power supply to the market would be disconnected. “It is very much regretted to inform that the energy bill pertaining to the installation – Panjim Municipal Market – has not been paid till date and as such the total amount including arrears accumulated to the tune of Rs 3,12,28,309 as on February 6, 2017,” states the letter issued by Assistant Engineer, Sub Division II, to CCP commissioner.
Furtado had conceded that CCP did not pay the electricity bill ever since the market was redeveloped in 2007.
