Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) has accelerated the pace of night patrolling and inspections across all 10 districts of Kashmir Division to combat incidents of massive hooking and power theft by consumers that often result in outages and damage to Distribution Transformers.
KPDCL also warned that legal action shall be taken against offenders who are found involved in rampant hooking and connecting electricity lines of their own.
While incidents of hooking in metered areas on bare conductor has witnessed a steep rise over the last one month, consumption of energy by consumers in unmetered areas over and above their agreed load has also sharply grown, putting huge strain on the power curtailment schedule. In unmetered areas, the usage of power by consumers is three to four times their registered load, leading to frequent DT damages, low voltage condition thereby resulting in distress cuts.
