PGVCL intensifies vigilance activities, power theft worth Rs 35 crore detected
WITH AN aim to crack down on power theft and thereby reduce aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses, the Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Limited (PGVCL) has checked more than 1.43 lakh power connections and detected power theft worth Rs 35.08 crore crore over the past two months.
Vigilance squads of the Rajkot-headquartered PGVCL intensified their checking drive from October onward and continued it through November, company officials said.
According to data accessed by The Indian Express, the company checked a total of 91,219 power connections in October and detected power theft worth Rs 19.85 crore in 11,640 of them, the data show.
