Kutch: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today caught a Junior Engineer of Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Limited (PGVCL) red-handed while accepting a bribe of ₹13,000 in Kutch district. The accused, identified as Hareshkumar Naranbhai Bokhani, Junior Engineer (Class-II) at PGVCL’s Ravapar office, had allegedly demanded ₹13,000 from a complainant in Vigodi village of Nakhatrana taluka. The bribe was sought in exchange for not imposing a hefty penalty for alleged meter overloading at the com...Read More

Rajkot: The Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Limited (PGVCL) has approved the creation of nine new sub-divisions in six districts of Saurashtra. This move is expected to benefit around 2.5 lakh electricity consumers, enabling quicker restoration of power and improving fault repair response times by up to 20%. Currently, PGVCL operates 281 sub-divisions under 46 divisions across 12 districts in the Saurashtra-Kutch region, catering to nearly 61 lakh consumers. The new sub-divisions will be set up ove...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) has announced that online services for its four power distribution companies will be unavailable for four days, starting 6 pm today until 10 am on Monday, June 10. The websites of DGVCL, MGVCL, UGVCL, and PGVCL will not be accessible to the public due to scheduled statewide maintenance aimed at enhancing backend system performance. Officials stated that consumers with overdue bills or those whose due dates fall within this maintenance wi...Read More

Rajkot: The Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Limited (PGVCL) has issued a notice to the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir situated on Kalavad Road in the city regarding more than one electricity connection on the premises owned by the Bochasanvasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sansthan. The PGVCL, in its notice addressed to Kothari Swami, said, "We inform you that customer number 31807042577 (100 kW) in the temple campus and Nilkanth Varni Abhishek Mandap (Final Plot No. 79), customer number 3180702...Read More

Gandhinagar: "Single Online Portal e-CGRF" was launched today by the Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel here to facilitate the process of filing online complaints in the Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum (CGRF) of State Government run Power Distribution Companies. Till now, power consumers could complain to CGRF through letter, e-mail id or by visiting in person. But now these services are made available online. he customer / applicant can approach the customer grievance redressal forum in case...Read More