Grahakjago (S.K.Virmani)©

 An article titled " जानिए आपके अधिकार अगर    आप   सीवर   जाम   की   समस्या   को   लेके   अपने   नगर   निगम   से   काम   करवाने   में   परेशान   हो   रहे   हैं ?  या   आपको   जन्म /  मृत्यु   सर्टिफिकेट   या   किसी   अन्य   काम   कराने   में   दिक्कत   आ   रही   है ?  Are you a victim of poor service delivery of Municipal Corporations in Haryana?" was published in this blog, the link of which is as given below: http://skvirmani-jagograhak.blogspot.com/2021/10/blog-post.html This article covered the services pertaining to Municipality Services. It contains the times lines which are specified for some of the Municipal Services with information on grievance handling system on three tier basis in case of any deficiency in services or non-rendering of services in stipulated timelines. It has also the provision to p...

While Health Workers and Authorities in India were busy to cope with Corona Pandemic, the Electricity Discoms in Haryana seems to have been busy in deceiving the electricity consumers Blessings in Disguise  India like any other country in the world also faced pandemic due to Corona in most of the months of 2020-21. The Pandemic has not only affected industrial economy due to lockdown but citizens also got affected severely including due to their unemployment, salary cut, shopping industry coming to standstill.  While, on the one side, the stakeholders like Government Departments, Ministries, Regulatory Authorities, Health Departments/ Hospitals etc., were  struggling hard to bring out the citizens from  such worst situations, on the other side certain businesses were busy in treating such a pandemic as a blessings in disguise for their deceptive trade practices. The glaring example in the present studies is as to "whether the Electricity Discoms in Haryana were also...

While this post is being published on this blog from a complaint received from one of the consumers in Faridabad, Haryana with an objective of creating awareness about the Rights and Respons ibilities of the Electricity Consumers in Haryana, the same is applicable in principle for consumers across the country with a difference in the timelines, etc. This is so because the distribution of the electricity to the consumers is governed under the Electricity Act, 2003. An article titled " How Electricity Consumers in Haryana being deceived and violated through Electricity Billing and Metering issues by DHBVN - a PSU Discom of Haryana State - Is it the Deficiency or Deceptive Trade Practices" was also published in this blog on 10th September 2020, a copy of which was also mailed to DHBVN . The link of the post is  http://skvirmani-jagograhak.blogspot.com/2020/09/electricity-billing-and-metering-by.html An electricity consumer had reported a complaint about his burnt meter to th...

A post was uploaded in this blog by the author for wilful gross violations of the Regulations of Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission mandated as per provisions laid in the Electricity Act. These Regulations including approved tariff structures are binding onto the DISCOMs.  The issues of gross violations as identified in the post were proposed to be intimated to the Regulator i.e Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) for appropriate intervention. The violations have been brought to the perusal of HERC for taking appropriate action through an email dtd. 22nd July 2020 and 30th July 2020. These are quoted below:  Quote " Sub: Issue pertaining to non-compliance of HERC regulations by  Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN)- Issue of new electrical connection under Domestic Category of Consumers as well as distorted/misleading/ Incomplete/ wrong Sales Manual not in conformity to HERC Regulations I appeal to you to kindly refer to my previous mail d...