Rohtak, April 8 -- In a shocking incident, a farmer in Mahendergarh district received an electricity bill of Rs.78 lakh. The farmer's family said that they have apprised the power department officials about the erroneously inflated bill, and they assured of rectifying the error.

Suresh Kumar, a resident of Kanti village, said that he had extended 3-kilowatt power connection from previous 2-kilowatt power on March 26.

"In April, we received a bill of Rs.78.21 lakh with 9.99 lakh metre readings. I have written an application to Ateli junior engineer Narendra Kumar and apprised him about the situation," he added.

Junior engineer Narendra Kumar said that it was an error which reflected the power dues of Rs.78.21 lakh as the reader noted do...