The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has launched a drive to recover dues from consumers who are enjoying power supply without clearing their pending bills that have swelled to Rs 292 crore in the Faridabad circle. Department sources claim that teams of officials have been set up that will initiate the process to make […]
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Located near power lines, 100 F’bad houses face demolition
More than 100 houses in the city are facing a threat of demolition as their location is close to high-tension power lines of the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN). Notices to owners of over 100 houses in the Dabua colony of the NIT area have been issued by the Power Department, sources said. These […]
PSPCL organises camps for extending motor load
On the directions of the Head, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), the Zonal PSPCL officials have started organising camps for the farmers for extending their submersible motor load connections. After organising around 55 camps in the Doaba region, the PSPCL has recovered Rs 42,92,822 from extending the load of over 435 connections. The zonal […]
PSPCL gets Rs 61.85 lakh for increasing power load
The PSPCL (border zone) got Rs61.85 lakh from 528 consumers for increasing their power load by 1,222 horse power during camps held in all subdivisions on Sunday. Sandeep Kumar, chief engineer, PSPCL, said these camps were held to felicitate the consumers who wanted to regularise their increased power load. As many as 88 consumers of […]
UT mulls privatisation of Electricity Dept, staff edgy
The UT Administration has revived a four-year-old proposal for restructuring the Electricity Department by turning it into a corporation. A consultant will be hired this week to prepare a comprehensive proposal in this regard. The Administration has directed the department to float a tender for the appointment of the consultant. The consultant’s role would be […]
PSPCL lineman held accepting bribe of Rs 5,000
Vigilance sleuths arrested a PSPCL lineman while accepting a bribe of Rs5,000 from a woman here on Monday. According to information, the suspect had threatened the complainant to remove the electricity meter issued her under the BC quota. Paramjit Kaur of Sangrana village had lodged a complaint with the police in which she alleged that […]
PSPCL to launch awareness drive to check power theft
Losses due to power theft and other illegal means have put PSPCL officials in a spot. At a state-level meeting chaired by the Chief Minister, Tarn Taran district has topped the list of districts that have reported power theft incidents. Bhikhiwind division falling under the border belt has suffered 80 per cent loss in Urban […]
NHPC director visits Dulhasti station
Nikhil Kumar Jain, Director (personnel), NHPC Ltd, today visited the Dulhasti power station in Kishtwar. He visited various installations at the power station like dam, power house, the power house site of Pakal Dul HEP and Kiru HEP site of Chenab Valley Power Projects (P) Limited (CVPPPL). He was accompanied by MS Babu, managing director, […]
140 power theft cases detected in Tarn Taran
As many as 20 teams of the PSPCL conducted surprise checks in several villages and detected 140 cases of electricity theft on Thursday. Each team was led by an SDO-rank official. Jatinder Singh, Superintendent Engineer (SE) of the local Powercom circle, said the inspection was carried out in areas falling under Sheron, Cheema Paringdi and […]
Power supply hit in Mohali
Power supply remained suspended for nearly four hours in several parts of the town and nearby areas following heavy rain this morning. The affected areas included Phase 3B2, 6 and 10, Sector 68, 71, 82, 90 and 91, Phase 7 and 8 of Industrial Area, and Balongi, Jagatpura, Nayagaon, Mullanpur, Badhmajra, Jujhar Nagar, Landran and […]
SDO of UP Power Corporation injured in attack by miscreants
A sub-divisional officer (SDO) of the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) was seriously injured after miscreants allegedly attacked him in Shamli district, police said on Friday. The incident occurred on Thursday when Nazim Ahmad was allegedly attacked by the unidentified miscreants near Jhinjhana town, they added. Ahmad was seriously injured in the attack and […]
2 get one-year jail for electricity theft
Electricity theft has spread like cancer and reached frightening proportions, a Delhi court has said while awarding one year jail to two men for stealing power to charge e-rickshaws. Additional Sessions Judge Devendra Kumar Sharma said at present, about 12 per cent loss due to electricity theft was reported and if converted into revenues it […]