Officials say that since special police stations were established in Uttar Pradesh approximately two years ago to combat the problem, there has been a considerable decrease in the number of incidents of energy theft. This has also resulted in increased income for the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL).
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“With the support of the anti-power theft police stations, we are rapidly approaching our goal of zero charge-sheets in power theft cases, which is a significant achievement,” said Kamal Saksena, director-general (vigilance), UPPCL.
According to sources familiar with the situation, just 990 power theft cases were charged in 2020. This year, 1,00,000 cases were reported from January through September, a decrease from last year’s 1,10,000 instances.
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Only nine of the 8,830 cases that were dismissed had charge papers filed. Final reports were given to the courts in 8,810 instances, indicating that 99.77 percent of cases were closed when the accused consented to have their offences compounded.
