Coming down heavily on people sentenced in separate cases of power theft, a special court has attached 21 properties in various parts of east Delhi, a BSES spokesperson said on Thursday.

The properties were sealed between Aug 21 & Sept 9, after the people convicted for power theft failed to pay fines, he said.

"In far-reaching separate orders, the Special Court of Electricity, Karkardooma, attached properties in Karawal Nagar, Harsh Vihar, New Usmanpur, Gokalpur, Bhajanpura, Welcome Colony, Seelampur, Khajoori Khas, GTB Enclave & other areas, in cases of power theft," the spokesperson said.

The "power thieves" were cumulatively stealing around 550 KW of electricity & penalties of around Rs 6.2 crore were levied as per guidelines, he said, adding that in 16 cases, electricity was being stolen by way of direct theft & in the remaining 5 cases, through metre tampering.

Though aggregate technical & commercial (AT&C) losses largely on account of power-theft have reduced by over 50 percent in Delhi, but there are pockets where it continues to be a menace, the spokesman said.

"Efforts of teams of discoms to check irregularities are often thwarted by the local miscreants. Inspection teams are stopped by unscrupulous elements from checking premises & often heckled at," he said.

Under the Electricity Act, 2003, power theft attract a penalty & imprisonment up to five years.

BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) & BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL), Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited(TPDDL) are 3 main BSES discoms supplying electricity to the national capital. They are joint ventures involving the Delhi govt.

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