As many as 54 persons have been arrested in several criminal offences pertaining to attacks and vandalism faced by employees of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) during an ongoing drive to recover unpaid bills in the five districts of Pune Division since February 1.
MSEDCL undertook the drive to recover unpaid power bills from its domestic, commercial and industrial consumers. During the same time, the agency also started cutting power connections of consumers who had not paid their bills for several months.
In the five districts under Pune Division — Pune, Solapur, Kolhapur, Satara and Sangli — there were 27.11 lakh consumers who owed the MSEDCL a total of Rs 1,771 crore at the beginning of the drive.
