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This cobbler shop gets Rs 2-lakh power bill
Updated On: 11 December, 2009 07:18 AM IST | | Ketan Ranga and Sameer Markande
Thane resident Santosh Ahire got a rude shock when he got his power bill three days ago.
Thane resident Santosh Ahire got a rude shock when he got his power bill three days ago.
Ahire, a cobbler who works in a shop that is lit by just one bulb for three hours in a day, got a monthly bill of over Rs 2 lakh from the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB).
Ahire got an electric meter fitted in his shop three months ago and had taken all mandatory permissions from the civic body to run the shop.
He said, "My first bill was of Rs 30, while the second bill was of Rs 370. However, the latest bill that I have received is of Rs 2,01,050."
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