In one of the largest raids, the Haryana Power Department has detected 5,508 cases of power theft in the last two days across the State, Power Minister Ranjit Singh said on Saturday.
Talking to reporters, he said that a highly confidential raid was been conducted after constituting 507 teams including officials of Power Department, CM Flying Squad, Vigilance and Police personnel headed by the Officers of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) utilities of Power Department in the State. About 27,307 premises including poultry farms, industries, mobile towers, water RO’s, water and milk chilling plants, brick kilns, cold stores and road side situated Dhabas were checked during the raid and 5,508 cases of power theft have been revealed, he added.
Ranjit Singh said that following the raid, FIRs have been lodged against the power theft defaulters and power connections have been disconnected. He said that so far, more than 12.5 MegaWatt of power theft has been revealed and a penalty of about Rs 24 crore has been imposed against defaulters.
The Minister said these power theft cases will increase revenue in crores in the power sector which will further decrease the power losses and increase power supply in the commercial and domestic sector. He said that the permanent consumers, whose power connections were dysfunctional will clear their dues and seek new power connections which will lead to generation of more revenue in the Power Sector in the State.