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Officials came to praise the smart meter, but the villagers overthrow meters – protest against 129 families

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Alwar Express






Aligarh
The villagers were shocked on Tuesday with the electricity department team in Jirauli Door village. The villagers surrounded the officers and heard them to Karkhikoti. The team returned from the village due to protest.

On Friday, 129 consumers of Jirauli Door village uprooted the smart meters installed on the houses and deposited it in the Lal Diggi office. The villagers also staged a sit -in. On Monday, the electricity department team reached the village to count the benefits of smart meters.

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When Executive Engineer Kailash Chandra, SDO Sarsaul and JE reached the villagers, the villagers surrounded him. During this time, he got a sharp tinge from the villagers. The villagers said that when their connection is installed on the old digital meters.

All the time are paying bills, so why are non -essential smart meters being installed. During this time, the problems of pre-paid, TOD systems and more billing were counted. Rural Chetan Singh warned the officials not to try to threaten them. Will not forcibly install smart meters in the village.