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10/01/2006

British East India company's electricity bill

Kendrapara, September 30: The British might have left India long ago, but one of its establishments managed to thrive till recently on official records at least, in this coastal Orissa district.

A warehouse owned by the erstwhile East India Company at Danpur village on the outskirts of this town that continued to be on the list of the local power distribution company, CESU, and was marked a ‘chronic defaulter’.

"The British warehouse was probably drawing electricity more than few decades before the country's independence," N K Mishra, Sub-Divisional Officer (Commerce) of CESU said. "It is one of the few structures which was electrified by the Britishers much before others enjoyed the luxury of electricity," Mishra said.

Kendrapara, September 30: The British might have left India long ago, but one of its establishments managed to thrive till recently on official records at least, in this coastal Orissa district.

Now officials ask for the due bills to thier previous ruler. GOOD MOVE.Now officials ask for the due bills to thier previous ruler. GOOD MOVE.

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