Electricity bill collection expansion

The Tamil Nadu Postal Circle and the TNEB have agreed to expand electricity bill collection through more post offices in the State from January 3 covering big cities.

This followed the successful implementation of the bill collection through post offices in Chennai from March 2010, according to an official press release.

As per the expanded programme, five post offices each in Chennai and Vellore, 33 in Coimbatore, 23 in Salem, eight each in Erode and Tiruppur, seven in Madurai, 11 each in Tuticorin and Tirunelveli and 31 in Tiruchirappalli will collect the power consumption bills, according to the official pressrelease.