Appeal to stop electricity theft Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Punjab State Power

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Appeal to stop electricity theft
Tribune News Service Patiala, December 3

Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) KD Chaudhri has said the PSPCL was making all arrangements to provide better services to electricity consumers of Punjab and in the process had been purchasing new transformers, conductors and meters and other material, so as to release electricity connections to new applicants.

“In 2010-11, about 80,000 three-phase four wire meters were purchased as against 30,000 during the previous year.

Chaudhri appealed to consumers to stop electricity theft, which is detrimental to the distribution system.

He cautioned consumers that Punjab State Power Corporation Limited would impose huge penalties on consumers who indulge in power theft.