Press Release
8 houses = 200 rooms = 150 KW of power theft
Mob attacks a joint contingent of BSES Enforcement, CISF and
- A 50 strong joint
contingent of BSES Enforcement, CISF and Delhi Police personnel unearth
over 150 KW from 200 rooms in 8 houses in Madanpur Khadar
- During the
enforcement raid, the joint contingent was attacked by a mob – injuring a
few officials
- Madanpur
Khadar is a high theft prone area in the vicinity of South Delhi’s
upmarket Sarita Vihar and Apollo Hospital
- Madanpur
Khadar has 40-50 houses, each in turn having 30-50 rooms - rented out to migrant workers
- Each room
has 1-2 KW of un-metered connection
- Renting out
rooms is the main occupation of the area
- In the last
few month, BSES has conducted over 50 raids, booked an electricity theft
load of over 450 KW and levied over Rs 52 lakh in penalties
- In an effort
to curb power theft, BSES has started deploying insulated ‘Aerial Bunched
Cables’
8 house = 200 rooms = 150 KW of power theft. These are
not some vague figures. These are statistics from an enforcement raid
undertaken by an over 50 strong contingent of BSES, CISF and Delhi Police
personnel in the high theft prone area of Madanpur Khadar – a colony in the vicinity
of South Delhi’s upmarket Sarita Vihar and Apollo Hospital.
Incidentally, as soon as the raiding team completed
booking power theft cases in 8 houses (around 200 rooms), a mob (including
ladies)gathered and starting manhandling the team members and pelting stones
from the roof tops – injuring a few officials, including a BSES photographer. A FIR (No 753/07) was subsequently lodged against five persons including Kashmir Singh,
r/o Mahilla Mohalla, Mausi Colony at the Sarita Vihar Police Station.
Routine raids are being undertaken in the area to
curb the menace of power theft. BSES’ Meter Readers / Recovery team members are
routinely obstructed and not allowed to do their legally mandated work.
Madanpur Khadar has a unique kind of power theft.
The area has around 40-50 houses – each in turn having 30-50 rooms – rented out
to migrant workers for a monthly rent of Rs 1500-2000 – inclusive of
electricity charges. Incidentally, renting of rooms is the main occupation of
the area. Each room is supplied with a 1-2 KW of un-metered power supply. Most
of the houses in the area blatantly steal power from nearby BSES LV Mains and
even the ones (albeit a very few) that have a legal BSES connection, the
connected load far exceeds the sanctioned load. .
In the last few months, BSES Enforcement teams have
conducted over 50 raids in Madanpur Khadar, booking power theft of over 450 KW
and slapping penalties of over Rs 52 lakh.
“As part of the exercise to minimize the incidence
of power theft and improve the quality of its power supply in Madanpur
Khadarpur, BSES is streamlining its distribution network using Aerial Bunched
Insulated cables using the Low Voltage Distribution System (LVDS)” said a BSES
official.
“BSES appeals to the residents of Madanpur Khadar,
to take legal BSES connections, for which camps are being regularly organised
and announcements made through cycle rickshaw mounted loud speakers in the
area”, said a BSES official.
BSES,
Delhi’s premier power distribution company, is committed to ensuring quality
and reliable electricity supply to all its consumers.
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