The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) has detected 1,145 cases of power theft in five districts under Pune Division. In these cases, illegal power worth over Rs 2 crore was consumed.
MSEDCL has been conducting dedicated drives to detect power thefts in Pune Division, comprising Pune, Solapur, Kolhapur, Satara and Sangli districts. In four such drives conducted over the last four months, MSEDCL officials have detected 6,428 cases of power theft of equivalent billable consumption of Rs 7.7 crore.
Power utility officials said that Pune Division has been conducting drives every month, during which MSEDCL engineers make concerted efforts to detect power thefts being done through illegal connections using hooks or cables.
