Bharti Airtel has partnered with TP Northern Odisha Distribution Limited to offer bill payment solutions to more than 2 million registered customers of the utility on a pilot basis.

The initiative will mobilise the 4,000 banking points of Airtel Payments Banks in north Odisha to facilitate bill payments. Customers of the joint venture between Tata Power and the Odisha government simply need to visit the store and provide their contact numbers and consumer numbers at the banking point.

According to the company, its ambition is to scale this project across Odisha and eventually partner with other state electricity boards for similar solutions.