MSEB woes

MUMBAI, June 26: The MSEB is surely a power to reckon with in Kalyan and Dombivili. After power-cuts and low voltage which cause breakdown of TVs and refrigerators leading to unnecessary repairs the citizens have a new problem to contend with now. Inflated power bills. On any given day quite a crowd collects at the MSEB's Joker Talkies office. Almost all of them are clutching their bills where they have been charged in thousands for a month's power consumption. One such unfortunate is Ganesh Kedare who was slapped with a bill of Rs 69,000 for the month of February. All he owns is a black and white 14 inch TV. Since it's only a one-room tenement, a tubelight fulfils the illumination requirements. All his attempts at approaching officials were met with a standard reply, ``Pay Rs 10,000 and then we'll see.'' Now c'mon MSEB, pull up your socks. You need to do better than that.