Punjab power utility is acting strict against those indulging in power theft. In two recent cases, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has imposed a penalty of over Rs 67 lakhs against the defaulters in Ludhiana.
A penalty of Rs 56.44 lakhs was imposed in a case of theft, detected by the operation staff of estate division under west operation circle of PSPCL Ludhiana, by direct LT Cable from fuse unit of transformer by consumer of MS-connection with sanctioned CD-99 KVA.
“On receiving telephonic complaint, SDO U-2, Estate Amit Yadav visited the premises of MS category consumer Jaswinder Singh at Sua road Kanganwal in Ludhiana on November 21 (Wednesday) along with AAE Harjinder Singh and AAE Inderpal Singh where he found theft of electricity by laying underground cable and tapping it to the LT fuse unit,” said the spokesperson.
Spokesperson added that the load checked at site was 117 kilowatt (KW) against SL-95 KW, and 74.5 KW load was running through underground cable and remaining load through meter.
Video and photography was done at the site where tenant Vikramjeet was present, said the spokesperson adding that the total penalty against the theft was Rs 56.44 lakhs including compounding of Rs 9.20 lakhs. Spokesperson added that the intimation was given to the anti-theft police, Ludhiana, for lodging the FIR.
In another case on October 15, a big farm house in Basant Avenue area belonging to Amarjit Singh Bedi under Model Town division, west circle, was caught stealing electricity by AEE Sukaran Singh Grewal, Ludhiana Model Town, and a penalty of around Rs 11 lakhs was charged.
“It was running directly through a kundi from transformer. FIR was also got registered in the Anti Power Theft Police Station,” added the spokesperson.