Over 1.4 lakh beneficiaries refuse to participate in Gruha Jyothi survey
Beneficiaries within the Bescom jurisdiction declined to provide required documents during the door-to-door survey that concluded on October 31.
Around 1,42,978 beneficiaries in the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (Bescom) jurisdiction refused to participate in the Gruha Jyothi door-to-door survey, according to The Hindu.
Sources in the Energy Department said these beneficiaries refused to provide the documents required for the survey. The survey covered consumers under the Bhagya Jyothi, Kuteera Jyothi and Amrutha Jyothi schemes.
A total of 73,78,352 houses were surveyed out of 74,29,773 houses in the Bescom jurisdiction. This accounted for 99.31 per cent of the total.
Other electricity supply companies (Escoms), including Hescom, Gescom, Mescom and CESC, surveyed between 98% and 99% of their beneficiaries.
The survey began on July 1 and was originally scheduled to conclude in August. The deadline was extended twice in September and October before ending on October 31.