India, May 17 -- In an attempt to recover Rs.4,696 crore in power bills from nearly 11.7 lakh consumers, the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (DHBVN) has come up with an offer of waiving surcharge so that consumers can clear their pending bills, officials said.

Discom officials said that under the scheme which was launched earlier this week, the monthly surcharge of 2.5% on pending energy bills will be waived off.

Besides, these consumers will also be given an additional benefit of 10% discount on the bill amount if paid together.

The total pending amount is more than the revenue gap reported by the two discoms in the last financial year, officials said.

A total revenue gap of Rs.4,520 crore was reported by the Dakshin and U...