Burla :TPWestern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPWODL) organized a press conference and declared winners of the ‘Pay & Win Scheme’ for the month of January 2025 through online. The press conference was held at the head office of TPWODL Commercial Department, Sambalpur. Mr. Parveen Kumar Verma, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, along with other heads of departments were also present on the occasion.
It is an important responsibility of the consumers to pay the monthly electricity bill for the improvement of electricity service in Western Odisha.Millions of consumers pay their electricity bills on time every month. Through this scheme, those consumers are given a small gift as a reward from the company and other consumers are encouraged to pay the monthly electricity bill within the stipulated time. The implementation of this scheme by TPWODL started from August 2024.
According to the rules of the scheme,three consumers are selected for each sub-division by automated computer generated lucky-draw from eligible consumers and they are rewarded with a smartphone as the first prize, a Saregama Karma as the second prize and a solar lamp as the third prize.
It is worth mentioning that, 5,53,425 consumers from across western Odisha were eligible under the scheme for the month of January 2025. Out of which171consumers were selected as winners from 57sub-divisions through automated computer generated lucky-draw.For this program ,nearly one lakh consumers across western Odisha have been eligible to participate in this program by paying all their dues in the last 6 months.
From the above number 87,206 consumers from Bolangir circle,34,273 from Bargarh,1,10,176 from Kalahandi,1,91,846 from Rourkela and 1,29,924 from Sambalpur circle is eligible under the scheme. Again, from those eligible consumers 33 winners from Bolangir, 27winners form Bargarh, 30winners form Kalahandi, 39 winners form Rourkela, and 42 winners form Sambalpur circle were selected in the presence of media persons through automated computer generated lucky-draw. All those winners will be invited to the nearest TPWODL office in the next few days and awarded.The names of all the customers will also be available on the company’s website soon.