CHENNAI: Ex-servicemen who were roped into the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) have cracked 1,004 cases of power theft in a month and levied fines worth Rs 227.73 lakh on erring consumers across the state. Impressed by their work, the TNEB has decided to recruit 75 more ex-servicemen to crackdown on power theft.
In her election manifesto, chief minister J Jayalalithaa had said ex-servicemen will be hired to curtail energy theft. Soon after, 25 teams of ex-servicemen were formed and trained from September 26 to October 1 to detect electricity theft/misuse in 25 distribution circles prone to theft.
Each team comprises five ex-servicemen. They were trained to detect power theft, the basics of electricity flow, how meters can be tampered with and other technical details. The Coimbatore and Namakkal squads have levied fines to the tune of Rs 19 lakh.
TheMadurai metro andChennai south teams have levied fines to the tune of Rs 16 lakh, and Dharmapuri and Trichy, Rs 15 lakh and Rs 10 lakh, respectively. Most of these cases related to tampered meters andillegalcollections.The additional 15 squads will be formedtodetecttheftin 15distribution circles.
Theft is a major part of the state's transmission and distribution lossesthattake away 18% of all power generation. "Crores of rupees can be saved by detecting power theft.Theboard'sfinancialsituation will improve to a great extent," said a source. Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/10851781.cms
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