ISLAMABAD: Chief Executive Officer IESCO Ch. Abdul Razaq said that we are continuously working against power theft mafia and our operational, metering and testing and surveillance formations are working with full swing. Chief said that during the month of February 2021 our teams checked 79155 electricity meters of different tariffs and among those 4267 meters were found slow, direct power supply was taken from 103 meters, 9 meter were found tempered and 8 meter were found with hole in meter body.
Based on slow meter and power theft 2.6 million units approximately charged and fine of 47.425 million (Rs) imposed on relevant customers and for legal proceedings applications have also been submitted in local police stations. IESCO Chief appreciated the field formations efforts and said that this campaign will continue until the last power thief is caught.
IESCO Chief requested valuable customers to be a part of this National campaign and call on complaint and monitoring cell No. 051-92952933-6 or help line 118 if they found anyone stealing electricity.
