Electricity consumers to update Mobile No & occupation by 15 July or else face disconnection: Govt

June 24: In a sudden directive, State Power Minister, Bimal Borah have stated that all electricity consumers in Assam shall have to compulsorily update certain particulars including mobile number and occupation in the APDCL portal by 15 July, 2021, for enjoying uninterrupted power supply. Failure to do so within the stipulated time may be barred from electricity connection temporarily.

State Power Minister, Bimal Borah stated, “Dear Electricity Consumer, we have been endeavouring relentlessly to serve you in a better way. In our sincere effort to provide the best, you have already been requested to register your mobile phone and to provide AADHAAR detail, email-id (if available), occupation etc. in APDCL portal. Mobile number registration would facilitate you with your updated electricity bill, various bill payment options (including newer facility), notifications relating to shut-down and line restoration, its causes and duration etc. Your occupation details will enable us to know your profile better way. Various benefits in connection with certain targeted occupation profile will be conveyed to you, once such information is readily available with us.”

“In spite of our sincere appeal to enrich our valued consumer’s data base, most of the consumers are not responding to our call positively. It some cases, the mobile number is provided wrongly and so we are unable to extend our service to those consumers. So we have no other alternative but to resort to some rigidity. Those consumers who fail to register their mobile phone nos. in APDCL portal, and not providing their relevant details within 15th of July, 2021, may be barred from electricity connection temporarily. We once again earnestly appeal to you to cooperate with us in our mission to provide you better service, added the minister,” added the Power Minister.

How do you upload the data online:

• Go to APDCLs own vvebsite www.apdcl.org
• Go to the tab ‘Upload Mobile Number’ of the page. You will find a new page.
• Please put your Consumer No. in the “Consumer No.’ option. Then the data available with APDCL, in regards of you, will be displayed.
• Put the data (such as AADHAAR No., Mobile Phone No. etc) in the correct places.
• If you find some incorrect data, then edit it.
• Then click ‘Submit’ button.
• A ‘OTP” will be sent to your mobile phone.
• Put the ‘OTP’ in correct place and click ‘Verify’. Your data sending work is completed.

Power Minister Bimal Borah further stated that is someone faces difficulties in ‘online submission’ of the data, he/she can write the data in a paper and submit it in the respective Electrical Sub-Division Office or may seek help from the officials of the Sub-Division.