Due to the cases of power theft, one has to suffer financial loss along with power loss, in order to curb this type of activity, ‘Mahavitran’ has undertaken the initiative ‘Report power theft and get a 10 percent reward’, this initiative is also getting a large response in the state. Under Section 135 of the Indian Electricity Act 2003, those who have information about electricity thefts by deliberately tampering with electricity meters should take the initiative and report the same, the name of the informer will be kept confidential.
It has been clarified that this reward scheme will also be applicable to the employees of ‘Mahavitran’ who report electricity theft outside their area of operation. Earlier, there was a reward of Rs 1000 for informing about electricity theft. Mahavitran has decided to give a reward of 10 percent of the estimated amount of electricity theft to the citizen who informs about the electricity theft.
In this initiative, the Regional Executive Engineers of ‘Mahavitaran’ have been empowered to sanction prize money up to Rs 50,000. While the powers of reward up to one lakh have been given to Superintend Engineers. If the prize amount exceeds one lakh, the Chief Engineer will have the power to award it. Apart from this, the Director (Vigilance and Security) has been given full powers. The information of the person reporting the electricity theft is being kept secret and an amount of up to 20 thousand rupees is being paid in cash. So the money is being given through net banking.
On the link on the website https://www.mahadiscom.in/report-energy-theft/ of Mahavidran there is a section “Report electricity theft and get lakhs of rupees”. After clicking on it click on the word “Report” and fill in the information of the electricity thief. The suspect’s name, address and method of theft should be written in it. Below that is your name and address. A special link has been provided for reporting electricity theft on the mobile app of Mahavitran, after submitting the verification, the concerned informer will be given a cash reward.