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Properties of 21 'power thieves' attached in Delhi
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SME Times News Bureau | 12 Sep, 2019
The properties of 21 power
thieves in the capital have been attached and sealed on the orders of
the Special Electricity Court, Delhi electrcity distribution company
(discom) BSES said on Thursday.
All these properties were sealed
between August 21 and September 9 this year, when the accused did not
pay their power theft fines, a BSES release said. "These
properties are situated in Karawal Nagar, Harsh Vihar, New Usmanpur,
Gokalpur, Bhajanpura, Welcome Colony, Seelampur, Khajoori Khas, GTB
Enclave, among others," it said.
"Now, apart from stiff
penalties and jail terms which can last upto 5 years, properties of
power thieves are also getting attached.
"These power thieves
were cumulatively stealing around 550 KW of electricity and as per
guidelines, were levied penalties of around Rs 6.2 crore. Of these, in
16 cases, electricity was being stolen by way of direct theft, and 5 by
way of meter tampering," it added.
According to the discom,
though agrregate transmission and commercial (AT & C) losses,
largely on account of power theft have reduced by over 50 per cent in
Delhi, there are pockets where it continues to be a menace, while
discoms' efforts to check irregularities are routinely thwarted by the
local miscreants.
Last year, a young BSES engineer lost his life
and four other officials were seriously injured when they were attacked
by power thieves during a discom drive against power theft. For
instance, on this occasion, in the case of one Bablu of Gali No 9, Harsh
Vihar, the Special Electricity Court at Karkardooma, while ordering
attachment of the premises, also directed the concerned SHO to provide
sufficient police force for the purpose of sealing it.
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