Power Minister Announces Successful Completion of Two-Day Power Theft Detection Drive
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, August 26-
Punjab Power and PWD Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO on Monday announced the successful completion of a two-day statewide checking drive aimed at detecting power theft and promoting energy conservation. He said the drive resulted In the inspection of 50,781 power connections, detection of power theft in 3,349 cases, and imposition of penalties worth Rs 7.66 crore.
Revealing this in a press communique issued here, ETO said that on Sunday, the second day of the drive, the Distribution and Enforcement wing of PSPCL inspected 22,288 power connections, detecting 1,274 cases of power theft and imposing penalties amounting to Rs 3.02CR on erring consumers. He stated that the series of random checks will continue in the future too to eradicate power theft altogether.
The Power Minister said that the Distribution Wing of PSPCL achieved significant results across various zones in the state throughout the two-day drive. He said that South Zone (Pataiala), Central Zone (Ludhiana), North Zone (Jalandhar), Border Zone (Amritsar) and West Zone (Bathinda) collectively witnessed inspection of 42,396 connections, detecting theft in 3073 cases and imposition of panelities worth Rs 6.68 crore.