Power division recoverd Rs46 billion in just 53 days of Anti-power theft drive

Secretary Power Division Rashid Langrial on Sunday said that an amount of Rs 46 billion has been recovered from the power pilferers from September 7 to October 31 (53 days) days during the ongoing anti-power theft campaign.

“Our estimated annual losses across the national grid for the current year are 589 billion. Of these 589, roughly 199 billion come from ex-FTA, Baluchistan tube-wells and AJK,” Rashid Langrial tweeted.

Rashid Langrial said that we are working on the remaining problem space of Rs390 billion of which we are able to recover Rs46 billion in 53 days i.e. Rs867 million per day.

If the same level of state support and field effort can be maintained (and that is a big if, I must admit), 80% of the problem space gets resolved.

Exclusion of Ex-FTA, Baluchistan tube-wells and AJK in anti power theft drive

These areas are not the focus of this campaign because of their own peculiarities.

AJK collects its own bills but does not pay at the same rate because it sees it as a contractually disputed payment; ex-FATA because they are exempted from meters due to a policy of appeasement in the wake of integration and Balochistan tube-wells on account of various factors, least of which is not the enforcement challenge.