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Posted online: Saturday , May 17, 2008 at 02:27:10
Updated: Saturday , May 17, 2008 at 02:27:10


Pune, May 16 The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) has introduced the facility of getting electricity bills on mobiles through SMS.

According to deputy public relations officer Chandrakant Gurav, the mobile consumers have to type mhbill consumer number billing unit number and send this SMS to 56365.The SMS charges are applicable as per the consumer’s mobile company rules. The consumer number and billing unit number is printed on energy bills.

Meanwhile, a special anti theft drive was launched in the Pune zone from May 1-13. A total of 639 cases of cable thefts were detected from the Pune zone — out of which 296 were from Ganeshkhind urban circle, 275 from Rasta Peth and 68 from Pune rural circle. The amount to be recovered from these theft cases is nearly Rs 1.08 crore.

The drive has been launched all over the State under the guidance of MSEDCL managing director Ajay Bhushan Pandey. In Pune zone, the MSEDCL has recovered Rs 13.30 lakh in 39 cases and the process was still underway.

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