Reliance Energy Ltd on Thursday launched electricity bills in Braille for its visually impaired customers and announced a project to promote Braille literacy among the blind in Mumbai.
"The introduction of power bills in Braille is a significant step in the utility marketing. The visually impaired will be able to easily read critical information on the bill such as power consumption, details of charges," company executive director Satish Sheth said at the launch in Mumbai.
Maharashtra Energy Minister Dilip Walse-Patil and actor Amitabh Bachchan, who essayed the role of a teacher of a visually impaired girl in his recent film Black, were present at the function along with Tina Ambani, wife of REL chairman Anil Ambani.
The company also launched 'Prarambh', a project specially designed to promote Braille literacy among the visually challenged citizens along with he National Association for Blind.
Only 4,000 of the total 35,000 visually impaired people in the city were Braille literate, Sheth added.
© 2025