Shillong, Mar 11: Opposition All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) on Friday asked the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL) to take up the issue relating to the additional charge of Rs 5.9 for online payment of electricity bills through payment gateway.
Raising a supplementary query in the Assembly, AITC legislator from Nongthymmai Charles Pyngrope said this should not be allowed since other portals are doing it for free.
The request was made after the Deputy Chief Minister in-charge Power Prestone Tynsong had informed the House that the MeECL has engaged one vendor who is dealing with such portals. The MeECL is paying Rs 2.50 for each transfer and this is not transferred to the customers. However, the additional charge is the banking commission which is charged from the concerned customers.
“If we talked about this (additional charge), MeECL has no role to play as you have to take up with your concerned banker,” Tynsong said.
He, however, assured to examine the concern raised by the MLA.
When AITC legislator from Rangsakona Zenith Sangma wanted to know whether the MeECL is self-reliant, Tynsong said, “We are not at all self-sufficient to support the day to day requirement of the Corporation that is why we are compelled to take loan from the open market.”
