Cracking the whip on power theft by Government employees, including officers, the operation and vigilance wings of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) have, in the last two days, conducted raids at Government residential premises across the state.
Following the raids, the UHBVN has detected 343 power theft cases, and imposed penalty of Rs 88.78 lakh. Besides, 330 meters have been picked up on the basis of suspicion of having been tempered.
The UHBVN is implementing several schemes under the Uday Yojana adopted by the State Government, including campaign against theft of electricity, said an official spokesman.
He said that Government employees involved in the theft of electricity would be penalised and departmental action would be initiated against them by the department concerned under the Electricity Act.
The spokesman said that theft of electricity worth Rs 14.6 lakh has been caught in circle Ambala of north Haryana, Rs 52,000 in Circle Yamunanagar, Rs 2.89 lakh in Panipat, Rs 2.23 lakh in Sonepat, Rs 2.26 lakh in Rohtak, Rs 58,000 in Kurukshetra, Rs 9.51 lakh in Kaithal, Rs 1.95 lakh in Karnal, and Rs 3.93 lakh in Jhajjar circle.
On the other hand, theft of power worth Rs 4.81 lakh was detected in circle Jind of southern Haryana, Rs 10.86 lakh in Faridabad, Rs 7.58 lakh in Hisar, Rs 81,000 in Sirsa, Rs 4.32 lakh in Bhiwani, Rs 8.37 lakh in Gurugram-1, Rs 1.75 lakh in Gurugram-II, Rs 5.08 lakh in Narnaul, Rs 3.45 lakh in Rewari and Rs 3.28 lakh in Palwal circle, he added.