FAISALABAD: Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) has imposed a fine of Rs.1.0093 billion on 9955 electricity thieves caught during last 304 days of anti-power-theft campaign in FESCO region.
FESCO spokesman Tahir Sheikh said here on Tuesday that FESCO had launched a vigorous anti-theft drive in six circles of its region and during 304 days of this campaign the anti-theft teams of the company caught 9955 power pilferers including 41 electricity thieves during last 24 hours.
The company had imposed a total fine of Rs.1.0093 billion on the pilferers under the head of detection units of 23.4 million in addition to getting cases registered against 9741 accused.
The police arrested 7478 electricity thieves so far besides recovering Rs.724 million.
Giving further details, he said that the FESCO teams detected electricity theft at 2383 points in First Circle Faisalabad and imposed a fine of Rs.237.7 million on them under the head of 5643,000 million detection units.
In Second Circle Faisalabad, the FESCO t
eams caught 1859 electricity thieves and imposed a fine of Rs.188.9 million under 4761,000 detection units.
Similarly, 1111 cases of electricity theft were detected in Jhang Circle and the company handed down the power pilferers with a fine of Rs.110.6 million under 3294,000 detection units.
He further said that 1457 electricity thieves were caught from Sargodha Circle and they were imposed a fine of Rs.152.1 million under 3294,000 detection units.
In Mianwali Circle, 2492 consumers were found involved in electricity theft and they were handed down with a fine of Rs.240 million for 4971,000 detection units.
The FESCO teams also caught 653 power pilferers from Toba Tek Singh Circle and they were fined with Rs.80 million for 1567,000 detection units, spokesman added.