SMS alerts for electricity bills
Posted on: 24/Jan/2014 11:48:36 AM
The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation has taken efforts to collect the mobile numbers of its consumers to alert them.
The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) will soon launch an SMS facility to remind consumers about electricity bill details and payment from January 2014. A Tangedco official said once the assessors upload the meter reading in the servers, an SMS would be automatically sent to consumers.
The SMS would contain the service connection number, amount to be paid and due date of payment.For those consumers who have not paid the electricity bill, a reminder SMS would be sent three days before the last date of payment to avoid penalty.
Tangedco issued a circular to all the section offices in November directing local officials to expedite collection of mobile numbers and create awareness of the facility.
The circular also instructed various local offices to maintain a register for registering mobile numbers of consumers.
But consumers charged that the register was not available in many local offices.
