FESCO imposes Rs.397.7mln fine on 3109 power pilferers in 44 days.

FAISALABAD -- The Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) during the ongoing special anti-power theft drive, held 3109 power pilferers in last one and half month besides imposing a fine of over Rs.397.7 million for stealing electricity in various areas of the company.

Spokesman Tahir Sheikh said here on Sunday that over 8.579 million detection units were charged. A sum of over Rs.217.8 million was also recovered from the defaulters.

He said that 2996 cases were registered against power theft in various police stations whereas the police also arrested 2476 pilferers so far.

Tahir Sheikh further said that the FESCO teams detected electricity theft at 1021 points in Faisalabad district and imposed a fine of Rs.129.4 million on them under the head of 2.775 million detection units.

In Jhang district, the FESCO teams caught 309 electricity thieves and imposed a fine of Rs.47.8 million under 1143,000 detection units.

Similarly, 324 cases of electricity theft were detected in Bhakkar district and the company fined them Rs.42.6 million under 836,000 detection units.

The spokesman further said that 348...