Hyderabad stadium's power restored for SRH vs CSK IPL 2024 match amid ₹3 crore unpaid dues

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₹3 crore. Following immediate court intervention, the Uppal stadium management received a notice from TSSPDCL urging the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) to pay at least half of the outstanding amount, totaling ₹1.63 crore, to the discom immediately. Meanwhile, the court directed the electricity department to reconnect the power supply to the stadium immediately following the successful payment of the first installment.

The remaining pending bills were directed to be cleared in two installments - 25 percent each within two months, with the second payment to be processed by the end of April and the final by the end of May. The HCA was granted one additional day to clear the dues, and the power supply to the stadium was temporarily restored by the discom later in the night. “We have served the notice on HCA on Feb 20 to pay the pending arrears within 15 days.

But, they have not cleared dues so far. We were forced to cut power supply to the stadium," TOI quoted a TSSPDCL official as saying. The feud between TSSPDCL and HCA has been ongoing since 2015.

TSSPDCL pressed charges of energy theft against HCA and raised a pending bill request for ₹3.05 crore, which includes ₹1.41 crore in dues and an additional ₹1.63 crore in surcharges. In 2022, the High Court issued an interim direction, instructing HCA to pay 50 percent of ₹1.41 crore to TSSPDCL and directing the discom to restore the power supply. According to the TOI report, the TSSPDCL engineer of the Uppal Circle said in his letter that HCA cleared ₹1.41 crore in three installments and submitted a representation requesting a waiver of the surcharge.