Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the arrears related to trunk and dedicated line of the Nepal Electricity Authority will be collected from the industries that have to make the payments.

Responding to queries of the lawmakers at today's meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR), PM Oli said, "Arrears will be collected, not forgiven. It will be done by letting the companies to run, not by forcing them to shut down. Issues related to why the payment was not collected in time, why the electricity supply to the concerned companies was cut off and then connected links with the concerned authority. The government is clear on this. Arrears will be collected without cutting off the line."

He also made it a point that the government and the NEA has no differences in this regard.

The PM dismissed the social media rumour that the government intended to cancel the arrears.