The discoms will have to compensate a consumer nearly 10 times the fine they "falsely" impose on him for power theft, the city's power department has said. "Simultaneously, such cases will also have to be reported with the consumer grievance cell of the Delhi Government. Moreover, only after approvals from the Public Grievance Cell of the Delhi Government, the discoms can send the bill to the consumers for final assessment," an official statement said. According to the notification, DERC will depute senior officials to give requisite permissions required to carry out inspections of discoms wherever cases of power theft and misuse are reported. The notification said that many such complaints have been received by various MLAs across Delhi.

Source: dna July 26, 2016 19:07 UTC