Uttar Pradesh Energy Company Restricted (UPPCL) has uncovered 2,875 incidents of energy theft, which led to it struggling a income loss price ₹18.28 crore within the final 9 months, in Sambhal, stated UPPCL authorities.
The drive to curb energy theft in Sambhal was launched on April 1 final yr (File)
They stated as many as 1,400 FIRs have been registered towards the crimes on the Anti-Energy Theft police station in Sambhal. The curbing of energy thefts diminished the road loss by round 25.827 megawatts, they added.
The drive to curb energy theft was launched in Muslim-dominated Sambhal district on April 1 final yr. State vitality minister AK Sharma had levelled allegations of energy theft whereas responding to the Samajwadi Celebration (SP) opposing the privatisation within the energy sector in early December final yr.
A senior UPPCL official confirmed that the company groups raided as many as 3,090 locations and installations in Sambhal between April 1 final yr and January 4 to examine for energy theft. The offence was dedicated at 2,875 locations. He stated ₹18.28 crore was slapped as penalty on the offenders, and ₹2 crore had been recovered throughout the identical interval.
Sharing extra particulars, the UPPCL official stated the very best 1,868 raids have been carried out in Sambhal division alone, and energy theft was detected in 1,703 websites a lot of which have been non secular locations and premises of VVIPs and political events. Thefts have been detected on the premises of former Bahujan Samaj Celebration minister and current Samajwadi Celebration (SP) chief Akeel-Ur-Rahman Khan, sitting Sambhal SP MP Ziaur Rahman Barq, former SP district president Feroz Khan and a Samajwadi Celebration workplace.
He added an quantity of ₹12.5673 crore was slapped as penalty on offenders within the division and the train diminished the facility load by round 22.814 megawatt. He stated the train diminished energy load to round 60 per cent on the 11 KV feeders of 33/11 energy sub-station of the Sambhal division. It might additionally convey an additional income of round ₹4.5 crore monthly from this division, he added.
He acknowledged that the large “web of wires” unfold within the area led to over 70 per cent of situations of energy thefts, which precipitated an enormous loss to the facility division each month.
The official stated the drive was carried out in some localities identified for energy thefts, similar to Deepa Sarai, Khaggu Sarai, Miya Sarai, Nakhasa, Chowdhary Sarai, Ale Shah Rukanudeen Sarai, Raisatti, Hatim Sarai and Shahbazpura. He stated over one ton of unauthorised cable wires have been faraway from these localities and round 42-km-long armoured cables have been put up there to curb energy thefts. Round 30-km-long community of armoured cables extra was required to utterly cease energy thefts in these localities, he famous.
“We are putting armoured cables and smart meters to curb power thefts after discovering such a huge amount of power thefts in Sambhal division,” stated the UPPCL government engineer in Sambhal, Naveen Gautam.
The official stated energy theft of three kV was detected on the premises of former minister Akeel-Ur-Rahman Khan after which an FIR was lodged and a penalty of ₹2 lakh was slapped on him. Energy theft of 4.8 kV was detected on the premises of Feroz Khan after which an FIR was lodged and a penalty of ₹55 lakh was slapped on him. Equally, an influence theft of 16.48 kV was detected on the premises of MP Ziaur Rahman Barq after which an FIR was lodged and a penalty of ₹1.91 crore was slapped on him. Moreover, a separate FIR was lodged towards the MP’s father Mamluqur Rahman and two others for threatening energy employees.
Equally, 15 kV energy theft was detected at an illegally operated e-rickshaw charging centre, 17 kV at a washing plant and 12 kV at one other business centre within the division. He stated three separate FIRs have been lodged within the matter and a penalty of ₹21 lakh, ₹11 lakh and ₹18 lakh was slapped on the offenders.
Equally, 768 and 454 raids have been carried out in Chandausi and Babraala divisions, and not less than 745 and 437 incidents of energy thefts have been detected there. Penalties price ₹4.1152 crore and ₹1.5984 crore have been slapped towards the offenders—at the same time as a discount of two.682 megawatt and 0.331 megawatt of energy load was observed—in Chandausi and Babraala, respectively.