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factories, including 3 manufacturing high-grade Melamine crockery
caught
stealing over 400 KWs of electricity, likely to be penalized Rs. 2.1 crore
- Raids starting as early
as 3: 30 am conducted in Matiyala (Dwarka) and Peeragarhi (Nangloi)
In a series of mass raids – starting as early
as 3: 30 am and carried out in
Power theft of 330 KW @ Melamine crockery factories’ in Matiyala
(Dwarka)
In a BSES enforcement raid carried out in the
wee hours of the morning – 3: 30 am to be precise – BSES caught a mid–sized
factory producing high-grade Melamine crockery
– stealing a whopping 235 KW of electricity by way of Direct Theft (DT).
A penalty of Rs 1.5 crore is liable to be slapped on the accused. Though the
factory was being run by one Kiran Arora, BSES has booked both the user of the
factory and the three registered consumers (brothers) – Narendra, Anand and
Jagdish Kumar.
After wrapping up this raid, BSES Enforcement
teams raided two more “Melamine” factories in the vicinity. By way of Direct
Theft (DT), they too were cumulatively stealing 95 KWs of electricity. They are
liable to be penalized around Rs 30 lakh each.
Power theft of 80 KW @ Plastic factory in Peeragarhi
The day wasn’t complete. In yet another
enforcement raid, a BSES Enforcement team swooped down on a mid-sized plastic
factory in Peeragarhi (Nangloi) and caught it stealing around 80 KWs of
electricity by way of meter tampering. A penalty of around Rs 30 lakh is liable
to be levied against the accused.
Following the relevant laws both in letter and
spirit, all the accused have been given time to pay up the penalty. If they
fail to do so within the stipulated timeframe, cases against the accused will
be filed in the Special Court of Electricity.
Moreover, in all the four raids, BSES
Enforcement teams were accompanied by personnel from Delhi Police and a Central
Industrial Security Force (CISF) contingent.
BSES, Delhi’s premier power distribution
company, is committed to ensuring quality and reliable electricity supply to
all its consumers.
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