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Industries Rob NEA Of Rs 70 Million

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It has been revealed that 81 industrial customers of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) have stolen electricity worth Rs 70 million. The revelation came after a team from NEA’s Electricity Leakage Control Division inspected the Time of the Day (ToD) electricity meters of the industrial and business customers in Dhading, Gorkha, Kawasoti, Bharatpur, Tandi, Simara and Birgunj last month.

“The inspection of the ToD meters of these clients also showed that 15 million units of electricity was not billed due to under-billing or leakage and pilferage,” said NEA Executive Directive Dipendra Nath Sharma, “Based on the prevailing tariff rates and the demand concession, the amount that the NEA needs to recover from these clients for stolen electricity totals around Rs 70 million.”

The industries which have stolen electricity by tampering ToD meters include KP Cement, Nirapus Plastic Industry, Safari Adventure Lodge, Shree Simran Crusher Industry, Koshi Gas Industry, Ghimire Furniture and Popular Rice Mill. These industries were found to have tampered with their ToD meters to steal electricity.

There are 4,000 ToD meters in use by industries and business houses across the country. Sharma informed that NEA was planning to install GPRS equipment at all these ToD meters so that the NEA headquarters would be able to calculate the exact units of electricity used by these customers. “We will have installed this equipment at all ToD meters within the next one year. We have now intensified the campaign to control electricity leakage in the industrial corridor,” said Sharma.

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