12 FIRs filed for power theft in Noida

Noida | Thursday | 26th April, 2018

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So far, 12 FIRs have been registered against thefts.“An intensive checking and anti-theft drive was carried out in Atta market in Noida on Tuesday evening. NOIDA: An anti-power theft and checking drive was carried out by the power department in Atta market and Sector 18 market, on Tuesday evening where 215 connections were checked. Action against such defaulters are currently underway,” said Singh.Earlier, an industries delegation under Noida Entrepreneurs Association met district magistrate B N Singh and demanded uninterrupted power for the industrial sectors. While daily outage ranging from half hour to an hour occur more than once a day, currently industrialists have complained against levying of the advance amount in provisional bills.“We demanded uninterrupted power for 20-22 hours as against last year, when we faced 7-8 hour power cuts,” said Vipin Malhan , president, NEA “We also discovered many cases of meter tampering and average billing in place of monthly accurate dues..