Eastern Patna has emerged as the hot spot of power theft and non-payment of energy bills, prompting the Patna Electricity Supply Undertaking (PESU), which maintains electricity in the state capital, to focus its attention on anti-theft drive, said officials.
Most such cases are being reported from the six electricity divisions of eastern Patna, which includes Rajendranagar, Kankerbagh 1 (north of Patna bypass), Kankerbagh 2 (rural areas to the south of Patna bypass), Bankipore, Gulzarbagh and Patna City in Patna.
The PESU, in the last two months, has lodged 1,521 FIRs, of which 1,062 have been against consumers for power theft in Patna east alone, said Dilip Kumar Singh, PESU general manager.
