The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has identified electricity theft of ₹706.82 crore, and recovered ₹378 crore in fines over the last five years, after carrying out more than 6 lakh surprise checks across 10 districts in south Haryana, officials said on Tuesday.
PC Meena, managing director of DHBVN, said, “The focus of the enforcement teams is to ensure that electricity theft is strictly curbed. The teams have been asked to increase random checking in all districts so that action is taken against violators. In the current financial year till August 31, electricity theft worth ₹51.21 crore has been identified and ₹31.22 crore in fines have been collected by the teams. Meters of 61,649 consumers were checked by DHBVN joint teams, of which 13,242 were found to be stealing electricity.”
The highest number of theft incidents were reported from Bhiwani (2295), Palwal (2075), Gurugram (1559), Hisar (1508) and Jind (1326) in the last 12 months.
