In a special drive, the enforcement wing of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has detected 39 cases of power theft in the Baghapurana sub-division of the district during the past 24 hours. This was stated by Deputy Chief Engineer of the corporation Suresh Kumar Garg in a statement issued here today.
He said 13 separate teams of the PSPCL were constituted by him to carry out the operation to check power theft in the Baghapurana sub-division. The teams detected at least 39 cases of power theft and imposed a total penalty of Rs 19.17 lakh on them.