Asha Bhosle gets power bill of ₹2 lakhs, authorities say it's based on meter readings

State's power utility Mahadiscom has been under fire lately after being accused of sending inflated bills to its customers. w, it has received a complaint from veteran singer Asha Bhosle after she received an electricity bill for over ₹2 lakh for her bungalow in Lonavala. But, electricity provider utility has also come forward and stated that bill generated has been based on actual meter reading and has already communicated same to ted singer. 

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Asha Bhosle gets ₹2 lakhs electricity bill

As per reports, Bhosle has received an electricity bill of ₹2, 08, 870 for month of June, whereas bill for May and April had a standing of ₹8, 855 and ₹8, 996 respectively. Whereas back in June 2019, Bhosle had received a power bill of ₹6, 395. 

"We received a complaint from Bhosle for receiving an inflated bill. Acting on same, a senior official from Pune circle personally went re (bungalow) to check reading and it was verified that meter reading was correct and so was bill," stated a spokesperson of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (Mahadiscom) to PTI. 

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spokesperson stated furrmore that after conducting a proper investigation, it was revealed that bungalow was t shut and shoots were taking place at location. veteran singer has t commented about same but this won't be first time when she has come forward and complained about inflated electricity bill.

Back in 2016, Bhosle had complained about receiving an exorbitant bill for a bungalow which was t much in use according to her. Chandrashekhar Bawankule, n Energy Minister had assured singer to look into matter back in 2016. 

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On or hand, a number of or ted personalities from entertainment industry have also come forward and shared ir inflated electricity bills. Recently, actor Divya Dutta had posted a tweet tagging Tata Power and writing that she received a monthly bill of ₹51,000. Whereas, actor Taapsee Pannu had also shared that she received experienced an insane rise in her electricity bill for month of June. 

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