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FAISALABAD, Dec 23 (APP):The Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) caught 4,882 power pilferers during the last 106 days, and imposed Rs. 560.016 million fine on them in various areas of the company during the ongoing special anti-power theft drive.
Spokesman Tahir Sheikh said here on Saturday that over 12.288 million detection units were charged. A sum of over Rs.386.8 million was also recovered from the defaulters.
He said that 4592 cases were registered against power theft in various police stations whereas the police also arrested 3883 pilferers so far.
Giving further details, he said that the FESCO teams detected electricity theft at 1551 points in Faisalabad district and imposed a fine of Rs.173.3 million on them under the head of 3841,000 million detection units.
In Jhang district, the FESCO teams caught 529 electricity thieves and imposed a fine of Rs.69.1 million under 1715,000 detection units.
Similarly, 574 cases of electricity theft were detected in Bhakkar district and the company handed down the power pilferers with a fine of Rs.64.6 million under 1300,000 detection units.
He further said that 478 electricity thieves were caught from Chiniot district and they were imposed a fine of Rs.69.2 million under 1544,000 detection units.
In Khushab district, 153 consumers were found involved in electricity theft and they were handed down with a fine of Rs.19.9 million for 400,000 detection units.
The FESCO teams also caught 642 power pilferers from Mianwali and they were fined with Rs.62.3 million for 1370,000 detection units.
In Sargodha district, 527 cases of electricity theft were detected. Hence, a fine of Rs.54.3 million was imposed on the electricity thieves under 1133,000 detection units.
The FESCO teams also caught 363 electricity thieves from Toba Tek Singh district. Therefore, the company imposed a fine of Rs.40.7 million for 800,000 detection units, spokesman added.