Mumbai, Dec 18 || Adani Electricity on Wednesday said that it registered a significant number of FIRs against perpetrators of power theft in the April-September period this year – 622 compared to 439 for the corresponding period last year -- thus significantly reducing losses.
The Adani Group company said that this action resulted in a 0.7 per cent reduction in Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT& C) losses, bringing them down to 4.56 per cent in the last six months compared to 5.26 per cent in the previous six months.
To achieve this reduction, Adani Electricity has intensified its vigilant efforts. The company conducted 18,255 mass raids in high-loss areas, a significant increase from the 11,408 raids conducted during the same period last year.
According to Adani Electricity, this resulted in a total of 5,475 theft cases being booked compared to 3,757 for the corresponding period.
The vigilance team also recovered a substantial number of illegal materials – 32.9 tons of illegal wires – and assessed the value of stolen electricity at Rs. 24.65 crore (based on 13.06 million units).