Discoms in the state DakshinHaryanaBidyut Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) and Uttar Haryana Bidyut Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) together have to recover around Rs 7,000 crore from defaulters in the state.
Of the combined 20 lakh defaulters, nearly 14 lakh are existing consumers of discoms while the connections of 6 lakh consumers have been snapped due to failure to pay dues.
The DHBVN, which covers south Haryana, including Gurgaon and Faridabad, has a total of 12.9 lakh defaulters with a defaulting amount of Rs 4,866 crore spread across different consumer categories. Similarly, the UHBVN has 7.5 lakh defaulters amassing a defaulting amount of Rs 2,263 crore across different consumer categories.