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LAHORE: The Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) has found the Lahore Metro Bus administration involved in electricity theft.

A LESCO spokesman told the media here on Sunday that Bhati Gate Sub-Division’s inspection team found that the management of Lahore Metro Bus Service was stealing electricity as one phase of their power meter was dead, due to which the LESCO suffered a loss of millions of rupees.

The inspection team seized the meter and charged 24,000 units to the Metro Bus administration as a detection bill. LESCO Chief Executive Officer Engineer Shahid Haider vowed that the anti-electricity theft campaign would continue without any discrimination.

Similarly, LESCO suspended an Assistant Lineman (ALM) Babar Ali for illegally supplying electricity to LESCO defaulter and assisting in electricity theft.

According to details, Kalakhatai Road SDO Mirza Aqeel Baig, in an operation in Faqir Town a few days ago, found one Muhammad Boota stealing electricity by installing a bogus meter, and got registered a case with the police station concerned.

During investigation, it was revealed that electricity was being stolen with the help of Assistant Lineman Babar Ali of Kalakhatai Road Sub-Division. The SDO suspended Babar Ali, while a case registration application was filed against the employee under the provisions of electricity theft and aiding and abetting.

The spokesman said that another inspection team caught a meter reader, Ejaz Shah, of College Road Sub-Division stealing electricity by hooking wire on the main transmission line in an area along Wahdat Road. A case has been registered against the accused at the Wahdat Colony Police Station, while departmental action was also initiated against him.

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Kamran Dec 04, 2023 03:02pm
The govt of Pakistan is sending heavy bills to the consumers and poor people are unable to pay bills because of the high charges of electricity due to mismanagement and agreements with power companies by our idiots leaders,cases should be filed against leaders who are responsible for all this.
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Aam Aadmi Dec 07, 2023 07:03pm
80% of this country's people do not pay electricity bills. Employees of WAPDA and DISCOs enjoy hundreds of free electricity units each month. The remaining tiny percentage including you and I not only pay for all these goofs but also suffer prolonged loadshedding and receive inflated bills. Every now and then this over-billing is reported in the press, however, it seems that the care(less)taker government is deaf, dumb and blind.
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