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Power theft detected by the state-owned Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Limited (PGVCL) rose by nearly 33 per cent in the financial year 2022-23 compared to the previous year, the company stated Wednesday...
PGVCL, which distributes power in more than half of Gujarat, detected theft worth Rs 218 crore in 2022-23 Rs 54 crore more than the Rs 164 crore recorded a year ago as the company cracked down on the menace of pilferage by industrial consumers that emerged after the Covid-19 pandemic, officials said.. Theft was detected in 84,183 of the more than 6.94 lakh power connections as on March 31, the Rajkot-headquartered PGVCL stated in an official release..
The cumulative power theft by the 84,183 consumers stood at Rs 218.45 crore the highest in the history of the power discom that began operations in 2005...
Among the 12 circles of PGVCL, the highest theft, worth Rs 25.65 crore, was detected in Bhavnagar circle irregularities in 9,015 of the 51,409 connections checked..
While Rajkot Rural circle topped the list of the number of connections checked and the number of connections where irregularities were found, only 28,739 power connections were checked in Botad circle, bringing to light Rs 10.33 crore worth of theft by 4,815 consumers...
