Bhindah A unique case of mutual conflict between two government departments of Madhya Pradesh has come to light. Due to non-payment of electricity bill of Rs 3 million, the electricity department cut off the electricity supply to the municipality. Angered by this, the municipality dumped garbage in front of the office of a senior official of the electricity department.
Electricity bill of Rs 3 crore was pending
There are frequent cases of disconnection of electrical connections of common consumers due to non-payment of bills by the electricity department. But what will happen when one government department cuts off the electricity supply to another government department? The latest example of this was seen in Bhind district. Due to an outstanding debt of Rs 3 crore of the municipality, the electricity department disconnected its connection on Friday night. Due to this, the entire operation of the municipality was paralyzed.
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If you do not agree, the electricity department will deliver the garbage dumped in the office.
Faced with this situation, municipal officials and councilors went to the electricity department to talk. But while giving instructions to pay the bill, the SE of the Electricity Department said that the municipality's power supply will be restored only after paying the bill. After this, councilors and municipal employees, angry with the Ministry of Electricity, threw the garbage loaded into collection vehicles in front of the SE office. Due to which chaos was created in the electricity department office. During this time, the police were also present at the scene, but did not interfere in the fight between the two government departments.
Video of the municipality's action goes viral
A video of the municipality's actions has also appeared. It is seen that many municipal vehicles loaded with garbage are parked at the electricity department office. It is seen in the video that some people are giving some instructions to those who litter. A person indicates with gestures where else to throw the garbage. Electrical department employees protest this, but no hearing is held.
Electricity department employees on strike
At the same time, the employees of the electricity department protested against this action of the municipality and also went on strike there. The police are also seen in the video, but they are not seen taking any action.
(Reporting by Paranidhesh Bhardwaj of Bhind)