Now, get power bill on cellphones

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 18

Now, Haryana consumers can get power bill on their mobile phones through a missed call.

Under the ‘Missed Call Alert Service’, the consumers will get a link through a message on making a missed call from their registered mobile numbers. By clicking the link, consumer can download and pay his/ her electricity bill.

While sharing more information, spokesperson of Haryana Discoms said the consumers of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam can now give a missed call on 70870-19636 and the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam consumers can call on 70821-02200, for availing the bill information through an SMS. The consumer can also pay electricity bills from the same SMS.

To avail the facility of a missed call, the mobile numbers of the consumers should be linked with their electricity account. Apart from this, the consumers can also update their mobile numbers and Aadhaar numbers.

The spokesperson further informed that to avail the benefit of subsidy being given by the government, the consumers need to update their Aadhaar number. He also informed that from November 26, 2020, Haryana Discoms have started pre-paid billing facility for smart meter consumers of cities such as Karnal, Gurugram, Panchkula, Panipat and Faridabad.

He said the consumers opting for pre-paid bills would get a discount of 5 per cent on their electricity bill.