{"id":31200,"date":"2023-12-03T21:41:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T21:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/rs516-8m-million-fine-imposed-on-electricity-thieves\/"},"modified":"2023-12-03T21:41:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T21:41:04","slug":"rs516-8m-million-fine-imposed-on-electricity-thieves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/rs516-8m-million-fine-imposed-on-electricity-thieves\/","title":{"rendered":"Rs516.8m million fine imposed on electricity thieves"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FAISALABAD: Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) claimed to have imposed a fine of Rs.516.8 million on 4354 electricity thieves caught during last 86 days of anti-power-theft campaign in its region.<\/strong><\/p>\n

FESCO spokesman Tahir Sheikh said here on Sunday that FESCO had launched a vigorous anti-theft drive on special direction of Minister of Energy (Power Division) and during 86 days of this campaign the anti-theft teams of the company caught 4354 power pilferers from its eight districts.<\/p>\n

The company had imposed a total fine of Rs.516.8 million on the pilferers under the head of detection units of 11.196 million in addition to getting Rs.336.8 million recovered from them.<\/p>\n

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FESCO had also got cases registered against 4137 accused whereas the police had arrested 3614 electricity thieves so far, he added.<\/p>\n

Giving further details, he said that the FESCO teams detected electricity theft at 1385 points in Faisalabad district and imposed a fine of Rs.163.1 million on them under the head of 3530,000 million detection units.<\/p>\n

In Jhang district, the FESCO teams caught 481 electricity thieves and imposed a fine of Rs.65 million under 1584,000 detection units.<\/p>\n

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Similarly, 495 cases of electricity theft were detected in Bhakkar district and the company fined the power pilferers\u00a0 Rs.56.1 million under 1140,000 detection units.<\/p>\n

He further said that 446 electricity thieves were caught from Chiniot district and they were imposed a fine of Rs.63 million under 1375,000 detection units.<\/p>\n

In Khushab district, 123 consumers were found involved in electricity theft and they were fined Rs.17.8 million for 363,000 detection units.<\/p>\n

The FESCO teams also caught 560 power pilferers from Mianwali and they were fined Rs.55.9 million for 1229,000 detection units.<\/p>\n

In Sargodha district, 472 cases of electricity theft were detected. Hence, a fine of Rs.49.9 million was imposed on the electricity thieves under 1053,000 detection units.<\/p>\n

The FESCO teams also caught 333 electricity thieves from Toba Tek Singh district. Therefore, the company imposed a fine of Rs.38.3 million for 757,000 detection units,the\u00a0 spokesman added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n