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The lines of six industries that did not pay the electricity bills for using dedicated and trunk lines have been cut.

Rajan Dhakal, spokesperson of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), said that the electricity supply of Jagadamba Steel, Reliance Spinning Mills, Shivam Cement, Ghorahi Cement, Arghakhanchi Cement, and Triveni Spinning Mills have been cut due to unpaid electricity bills.

According to spokesperson Dhakal, the power supply to these industries has been cut off since Sunday morning. 

The issue of collecting electricity tariff for using dedicated and trunk lines has not been resolved since 2018. 

For the first time, a study on the arrears of tariffs from dedicated and trunk lines was conducted under the coordination of the then member of NEA board of directors, Bhakta Bahadur Pun and a report presented to the board meeting held on 14 May 2018.

The NEA has been making efforts to realise the electricity dues from the defaulting companies since that time.

Industrial entrepreneurs have, however, said that they do not pay the charges because they have not used dedicated or trunk lines.

This matter had reached various courts, the Public Accounts Committee of the Federal Parliament, and the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).

Last time, the NEA issued a public notice on September 28, asking the industries to pay the arrears within 21 days.

NEA had given the defaulting companies and industries the facility to pay the dues in installments. It stated that the electricity supply to the six industries was disconnected as per the Electricity Tariff Collection Regulations 2078 after they failed to pay the tariff within that period.

The Bhadrapur Inland Revenue Office in Jhapa district collected Rs 752.7 million in revenue in the first quarter of the current fiscal year 2082/083 BS.

The collection of the first quarter of the running fiscal is 16.9 percent of the total annual target of Rs 4.45 billion, Chief Tax Officer Gopal Bahadur Thapa said.

According to Thapa, the Office had set a target to collect Rs 871 million in revenue in the first three months of the current fiscal year.

The Office received Rs 272.6 million from income tax, almost Rs 311million from value added tax (VAT) and Rs 187 million from excise duty.

Chief Tax Officer Thapa shared that the Office is also focusing on beneficiary-centric tax education while continuing market monitoring and surveillance.

Two persons died when a scooter they were riding on met with an accident in Chitwan on Tuesday.

Police said that the incident occurred when the rider lost control of the scooter (Ba Pra 06-003 Pa 0692) near the Bharatpur Airport at around 2:30 am today.

 Chief of the Chitwan District Police Office and Superintendent of Police (SP) Govinda Puri shared that 25-year-old Sandeep Ghimire and pillion rider 28-year-old Kushal Aryal of the Bharatpur Metropolitan City-21 died in the mishap.

The two were rushed to the Bharatpur Hospital following the critical head injuries in the accident where they breathed their last during the course of treatment, police said.

Presently there is no influence of any significant weather system throughout the country, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division. 

The weather will be partly cloudy in the hilly region of all the provinces and mainly fair in the rest of the regions in the afternoon today.

Light rain is likely to occur in one or two places of the hilly region in Koshi and Karnali Provinces, the Division stated. 

Similarly, the weather will be generally clear throughout the country tonight.