CHANDIGARH: Stating electricity stealing as an economic offence, a local court awarded three years imprisonment to a resident of Sector 28 for tampering with electricity meter by breaking the M&T aluminum seals twice. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him. Showing no leniency, the court order also reads: “Theft of electric […]
MP: 13 lakh households do not have power meter
BHOPAL : Nearly 13 lakh households in the state are without electricity meters and they are billed for power consumption on an average basis, causing inconvenience to both consumers as well as incurring loss to discoms. As per the submissions made by discoms before the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (MPERC), out of 93 lakh […]