LAHORE : The Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) has detected a total of 417 connections from where the customers were pilfering electricity in all its circles of five districts (Lahore, Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib, Kasur and Okara) during its anti-power theft campaign in last 24 hour.
A Lesco spokesman told the media here Saturday that the company had also submitted FIR applications against electricity thieves, out of which 159 FIRs have been registered in respective police stations, while 19 accused have been arrested by the respective police.
Grand anti-power theft operations against electricity thieves are being conducted on the directives of the Federal Power Division and the Lesco Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Engineer Shahid Haider is supervising these operations.
The Lesco chief vowed that the operations would continue without discrimination until the complete end of electricity theft.
The electricity pilferers as well as the Lesco officers and employees who facilitate them are also being brought to justice. During last 24 hours of the anti-power theft campaign, the spokesman added, large commercial consumers were also found involved in electricity theft and all of them were also disconnected and charged with detection units. Among the seized connections 01 were industrial, 13 commercial, 08 agricultural, and 395 domestic, and all these connections were disconnected and charged with a total of 293,249 units as detection bill amounting to Rs12.972 million.
Rs3.061m collected from 211 defaulters
The Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) recovered more than Rs3.061 million from 211 chronic defaulters in all its five districts - Lahore, Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib, Kasur and Okara - during the last 24 hours of its recovery campaign.
A Lesco spokesman told the media here on Saturday that the company recovered outstanding dues of Rs90,000 from 27 defaulters in Northern Circle; Rs11,000 from 21 defaulters in Eastern Circle; Rs74,000 from 39 defaulters in Central Circle; Rs4,000 from 01 defaulters in South Circle; Rs29,000 from 35 defaulters in Nankana Circle; Rs46,000 from 29 defaulters in Sheikhupura Circle; Rs44,000 from 46 defaulters in Okara Circle; and Rs53,000 from 32 defaulters in Kasur Circle.
Lesco holds public hearings
On the special instructions of the Ministry of Power Division, a series of open courts are being held in the Lesco region with the aim of solving the problems faced by the consumers in electricity bills and other matters immediately.
Chief Executive Engineer Shahid Haider said here Saturday that public/customers hearings are being conducted in all eight circles of Lesco. The public is also being informed about this in advance through the media and Pana Flexes.
All SDOs, along with their teams, were ensuring regular holding of open courts in their sub divisions on daily basis.
Superintending Engineers (SEs) and Executive Engineers (XENs) are reviewing these public hearings.
Total 1151 complaints of various types were received at the open courts, out of which 1146 complaints were redressed on the spot.