New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Within a week of starting a drive against
electricity theft, Delhi's power distribution company BSES has
registered 450 cases of power theft. Private discoms are extending the
drive against power theft, a BSES statement said Friday.
According
to BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL), "over 2,000 KW (kilowatts) of
power-theft load has been unearthed and 450 cases registered in the
first week of the enforcement drive for illegally drawing power through
unauthorised connections in south and west Delhi".
The
enforcement drive would continue till March 31 and private discoms have
planned to conduct mass raids in the next two and half months.
"We
are targetting over a hundred areas across south and west Delhi.
Multiple raids at several places will take place. For increased
effectiveness of the drive and to unearth power-theft, raids are being
carried out even during late nights and early mornings," the statement
said.
"Even in the unusually cold weather, there was an increase
in energy theft. Power theft leads to severe over-loading of the
distribution system (transformers/feeders), resulting in trippings and
is also a potential safety hazard," said BRPL chief executive Gopal
Saxena.
Since July 2002, BRPL has unearthed around 1.32 lakh cases of power thefts of a total load of over 7.65 lakh KW.
with thanks : IANS
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