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AEML told MERC that 1.10 lakh residential consumers of its 27 lakh consumers got bills with a 20% increase in the amount on an average. It said there was an overall rise in electricity units by 15% in October 2018 owing to high humidity levels. Further, past dues of fuel adjustment charges were also recovered in the bills, AEML said. A strike by billing employees between August 27 and September 1 led to 3.53 lakh bills being issued on an average consumption basis.
An AEML spokesperson said the company “welcomes the press statement from the Hon’ble MERC”. The spokesperson said metered consumption was higher from September to October 2018, and that there was a similar pattern in the previous year (2017) too.
AEML said it was “completely open and transparent to the factfinding committee”. “We will continue to respond to all our customers that have any query on billing issues,” the spokesperson said.
The MERC chairman, Kulkarni, said the facti-finding committee was open to study the profiles of other power distributors in Mumbai, such as Tata Power, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited and the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking, if need be.
AEML’S distribution region includes all areas from Bandra to Bhayander, Chunabhatti to Mankhurd, Vikhroli and Powai. gloat over exit poll results, but this happy feeling would be short-lived.”
The TRS, which spearheaded the Telangana statehood campaign that culminated in the creation of India’s youngest state out of Andhra Pradesh in June 2014, took a gamble in September when it opted for early elections and CM Rao, better known as KCR, dissolved the assembly.
KCR is facing a united challenge from the Congress, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Left that have formed a ‘mahakootami’ (grand alliance) to unseat the TRS.
The Congress could win anywhere between 101 and 145 seats in Rajasthan, according to separate exit polls conducted by ABP-CSDS Lokniti, India Today-axis, Republic C-voter and Times NOW-CNX. They predicted that the BJP might win 52-85 seats in the 200-member assembly; voting took place in 199 constituencies.
In Madhya Pradesh, three of these exit polls predicted an advantage for the Congress. Times NOW-CNX predicted a BJP majority, and ABP-CSDS Lokniti forecast a Congress win. India Today-axis and Republic-c Voter suggested the Congress might emerge as the single largest party in the 230-member House but fall short of the majority mark.
Projections for Chhattisgarh, where chief minister Raman Singh of the BJP aims to hold on to his bastion, were split. India Today-axis predicted a comfortable victory for the Congress and ABP-CSDS Lokniti for the BJP in the state with a 90-member assembly. Times NOW-CNX and Republic C-voter forecast a tight race.
Today’s Chanakya, which predicted PM Modi’s win in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, released its estimates for Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, giving an edge to the Congress in all three states.
Madhya Pradesh (29), Rajasthan (25) and Chhattisgarh (11) account for a total 65 Lok Sabha seats. In 2014, the BJP won 60 seats from these three states. Incumbent TRS seemed to have an advantage in Telangana, with India Today-axis and Times NOW-CNX predicting a clear victory for the party. Republic C-voter forecast a close contest in the state, which has 119 assembly segments. In Mizoram, which has 40 seats, Republic C-voter gave the MNF an upper hand against a Congress led by chief minister Lal Thanhawla in a tight race. Times NOW-CNX and India Today-axis, too, said the MNF had an advantage in the northeastern state.
TODAY’S CHANAKYA, WHICH PREDICTED PM MODI’S WIN IN THE 2014 LOK SABHA ELECTIONS, RELEASED ITS ESTIMATES FOR MP, CHHATTISGARH AND RAJASTHAN, GIVING AN EDGE TO THE CONGRESS IN ALL THREE STATES