Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, July 16

The enforcement teams of the PSPCL continued their drive to curb the electricity theft even today.

Five squads of Jalandhar carried out checking at various locations. Two more gyms, opposite to Metro Mall on Pathankot Road, were found stealing electricity by installing a loop in the metre terminal. A penalty worth Rs 3 lakh was levied on them on account of electricity theft, apart from an FIR against them. Electricity theft by a residential consumer using direct kundi connection was found in the Model House area. Load of the consumer was found 10 kW and penalty of Rs 1 lakh was charged to the consumer.

In another case, concealment of reading was found in the metre of a petrol pump on the Nakodar Road. A penalty of Rs 70,000 was charged to the petrol pump and Rs 1.4 lakh to the Sterling Transformers company.

The company has been directed to terminate the services of metre reader responsible for concealment, said Rajit Sharma, Deputy Chief Engineer, Enforcement, Jalandhar. A Venu Prasad, CMD of PSPCL, has given strict directions to adopt zero-tolerance approach against electricity theft.