Ludhiana: PSPCL collects ₹120.28L fine in 650 cases of power theft in 2 weeks

In a bid to curb huge losses caused by power theft, teams of Central Zone of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), Ludhiana on Wednesday slapped a penalty of ₹120.28 lakh on the defaulting consumers.

Adopting a zero-tolerance approach against power thefts in the city, the teams are conducting systematic checking in their respective areas.

In the last 15 days, the teams have checked as many as 11,977 connections and detected 650 cases of power thefts, unauthorised use of electricity, and extension of load.