"We have got assurance from Mumbai police commissioner Rakesh Maria that his senior officers, including DCP (operations) and zonal DCPs will assist us in forming a special task force to curb electricity thefts during the ten-day Ganesh festival. It will be a major deterrent to offenders," said BEST general manager Om Prakash Gupta, while speaking to media after the committee meeting on Tuesday.
"The deputy police commissioners will also check the pending cases on power thefts at every police station and expedite the probe/filing of chargesheets. We will also request the court to take such cases on a priority,'' he stated.
Gupta said that BEST has also asked for a list of all mandals which have got the police permission and this will be cross-checked with the list of those who have applied for the electricity connections. "If we find anyone in the police list who has not applied for power supply, we will issue showcause notice to such mandals and take stringent action,'' he stated.
Gupta further said that the power distribution losses had dropped to 7.5 recently, which was an indicator that the number of power thefts too had declined.
Though BEST books several Ganesh pandals for "illegal" electricity connections every year, it got just 12 convictions in past five years and 400 cases ending in acquittals.But this year, the BEST is in for good news -- the number of legitimate power connections has gone up from 900 mandals four years back to 1,250 mandals.
"We will also undertake the illumination of Girgaum chowpatty and 32 other immersion sites for the benefit of lakhs of devotees,'' he said. The BEST has already set up facilitation centres and helplines for the Sarvajanik mandals to cater to any power-related emergencies.
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