Smart meters: New 'Sport' of the electricity department, prepaid, will be the meter of the house without telling! Consumer Development - Smart Meter Problems in Lucknow to Prepaid Conversion

Updated: Sun, 14 Sep 2025 05:22 PM (IST) Smart Meters in Lucknow has become a new problem for consumers. In the bungalow market, the postal paid meter of a consumer was converted into a front cream as it deteriorated. In Nilamatha, another consumer’s meter was paid in advance despite the fact that he deposited the bill on time. Consumers are now surrounding the electricity department. Jagran Correspondent, Lucknow. In the bungalow market, a smart post paid meter was installed in the home of the consumer SK Sharma. Suddenly the meter breaks down and no show has begun to come. When the meter reader did not come to the consumer’s house, he saw the meter and saw that the lecture did not come in the meter. Remove the ad, just read the news, the engineer of the electricity department has placed a prepaid meter. A few days later, he realized that this meter was paid in advance. Now they get upset and surround the power station to pay a post as before. Right now, Sharma Ji is learning to recharge prepaid meters. Case 2- smart meters were installed in the premises of Yi’s Yadav in Nilamatha. He had earlier submitted the account message on the cellphone as soon as he came. Suddenly comes the message that the smart meter is prepared. The consumer clarified different engineers and then collected the account in advance. Yadav complains that those who do not submit the accounts pay their meters in advance. The engineer says that the meters of all will be paid in advance and that their words are ignored. These are definitely two examples, but smart meters have emerged as a new problem among about fifteen million electricity consumers from the capital. Consumers were ready with major problems for the paid meter of the post. Now their meters are paid in advance without telling it. CK Bajpayee, a consumer living in Jankipuram’s block, says electricity was cut off when 32 hundred rupees were in arrears. When he was found out, he deposited the bill online. When he sent phone and messages to Je, he said he had submitted the account. Even after that, electricity could not be linked until late at night. This problem is the biggest smart meter. The connection is not connected after it is cut. With the help of senior engineers, electricity can come late at night. He says that a fixed account should be corrected that the connection will be deducted if it was so outstanding because the first ten thousand was held. Now at 32 hundred cuts. After this, it must be ensured that if the smart meters are installed, the facilities are also upgraded, the engineers and staff sitting in the power stations know how the smart meters will be recharged and also tell interest on the question.