While only nine mandals were caught for illegal power connections in 2008 and there were eight cases in 2009, the number rose to 20 mandals in 2012 and further to 33 cases in the past eight days.
"Our vigilance squads have conducted surprise checks at all Sarvajanik mandals in the island city (from Colaba to Mahim/Sion) in the past two weeks. We have detected 33 cases of illegal power connections so far and prosecuted the respective organisers. The numbers may rise as the checks will continue till Wednesday evening," said BEST spokesperson Manoj Varade.
Another senior official said penalties totaling nearly Rs 1 lakh, were imposed on mandals caught with illegal power connections. Besides, they were also asked to regularise the connections and install meters.
"This is uncalled for. We had introduced a single-window system to obtain power connections at sarvajanik pandals this year," said senior BEST spokesperson A S Tamboli. "Our aim was to ensure that all applications were expedited and the power connections provided in a record time, within 24 hours," he said.
The BEST will also probe whether its own officials were involved in providing unauthorised connections.
In 2012, the BEST fined 20 mandals Rs 79,197, this year, it imposed a fine of Rs 99,520 on 33 mandals.
This year, the BEST also provided connections to more than 1,300 mandals. In 2012, it gave power connections to 1,212 mandals.
The deposit amount collected last year was close to Rs 1.35 crore, while the electricity bills of the mandals shot up to Rs 82 lakh during the Ganpati festival.
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