According to the company’s spokesman, 11 culprits were caught from Jhelum, seven from Islamabad and four from Attock circles. He said the culprits were found involved in power theft through direct line (kunda system) and by breaking the security strip of the electricity meters. The spokesman said that FIRs have been lodged against power thieves under the new Electricity (Amendment) Act.
He said the IESCO was committed to taking stern action the power thieve across its all five regions. He also requested its valued customers to inform about power theft on IESCO’s new Roshni 8398 sms service.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 27th, 2016.
COMMENTS
Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive.
For more information, please see our Comments FAQ