PESHAWAR
Crackdown against electricity theft is ongoing in the whole province by PESCO, PESCO Spokesperson said here Sunday.
So far, more than 5,561 Kunds have been removed across the province and more than 1984 cases were filed against electricity thieves, 389 people were arrested. PESCO spokesperson said. He said 1204 in Peshawar circle, 1105 in Mardan circle and illegal connections have been taken down. Khyber Circle 823, Swat Circle 584, Dera Ismail Khan 514 and Bannu Circle 527 were removed, Spokesperson PESCO said.
Apart from this, a number of poles were also removed in Abbottabad, Swabi and Mansehra circles, Spokesperson PESCO said. Fines of more than Rs. 23.50 million have been imposed so far, he said. Submission of application to file cases against more than 4768 electricity thieves and PESCO customers can report electricity theft by calling 118, Spokesperson PESCO said.
