An inspection team of Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) has detected power theft worth Rs 5 million at Lucky Centre situated near Mozang Chungi on Jail Road. LESCO spokesman said here on Monday that Islamia Park Sub-Division’s team headed by SDO Taimur Alam conducted an operation in the Qurtaba Chowk area and noticed a wide-scale electricity pilferage by the management of six-storey building Lucky Centre. The plaza management was stealing electricity by illegal hooking on light transmission line and was supplying it to 20 shops and flats on the second, third and fourth floors of Lucky Centre. The value of stolen electricity is Rs 5 million, he said and added that LESCO authorities have seized the wires used in electricity theft and registered a case against the accused in the concerned police station, while the secretary of Lucky Center, Abdullah Bhatti, has been arrested. The spokesman said that McLeod Road Sub-Division’s team the owners of a hotel named Ashraf Hussain located on Railway Road stealing electricity by tampering with the meter. The accused were charged with 23,115 units in the form of detection bill and an application has also been submitted with area police for registration of an FIR against the accused.
Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) in collaboration with Tehsildars (Recovery) has recovered Rs 3.8 million from 147 dead defaulters in all the five districts – Lahore, Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib, Kasur and Okara – on the 61st day of its recovery campaign. LESCO spokesman told media here Monday that on the 61st day, Chief Engineer O&M (T&G) Zafar Iqbal with the support of Tehsildar City Mujahid Zia and Tehsildar Shalimar Noreez Humayun recovered outstanding dues of Rs 0.50 million from 08 defaulters in Northern Circle and Rs 1.07 million from 39 defaulters in Eastern Circle respectively. Similarly, LESCO Manager (Material Disposal) Engineer Anwar Watto along with Tehsildar Model Town Rana Arsal and Tehsildar Cant. Sajjad Qureshi recovered Rs 0.58 million from 19 defaulters in Central Circle
