FAISALABAD, Feb 13 (APP):Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) has nabbed 5998 pow
er pilferers from its region during last 5 months.
FESCO spokesman Tahir Sheikh said here on Tuesday that FESCO had launched a vigorous campaign against pow
er pilferers and during this drive, the FESCO teams detected pow
er pilferage at 5998 sites and imposed a total fine
of Rs.659 million on the accused under detection bill of 14.4 million units.
Among these accused included 5644 domestic consumers, 183 commerc
ial, 154 agriculture and 17 industrial connection holders, he said, adding that 5535 cases were got registered in addition to arresting and locking 4801 pilferers behind bars during this period. The FESCO had also recovered 457.8 million from the pow
er pilferers so far, he added.
Giving some further details, he said that FESCO nabbed 1465 pow
er pilferers from First C
ircle Faisalabad and imposed a fine
of Rs.164.7 million under detection bill of 3731,000 units.
In Second C
ircle Faisalabad, 992 pow
er pilferers were caught and a total fine
of Rs.112.1 million was imposed under detection bill of 2467,000 units.
Similarly, in Jhang Circle, 679 power thieves were caught and a fine
of Rs.80 million was imposed under detection bill of 2083,000 units. The FESCO teams also nabbed 872 pow
er pilferers from Sargodha C
ircle and they were handed down with a fine
of Rs.92.4 million under detection bill of 1853,000 units.
In Mianwali Circle, 1543 power stealers were caught and they were imposed a fine
of Rs.154.9 million under detection bill of 3237,000 units. Meanwhile, 447 pow
er pilferers were nabbed from Toba C
ircle and they were handed down with a fine
of Rs.54.7 million under detection bill of 1031,000 units, he added.
