Power theft rampant in Hyderabad
Power theft seems to have become a regular phenomenon in the city. Despite efforts being made by the government, including the installation of tamper-proof metres, power theft has become so rampant that the power vigilance team has been conducting checks in the households on a daily basis with the hope to curb the menace. P. Nagabhushan, circle inspector, power vigilance team, central zone, said, “We have a team comprising of 28 assistant engineers, 9 assistant divisional engineers and 3 divisional engineers. We allot about 20 to 30 houses to each of the assistant engineers of our team to go and do the checking.”He further added, “There are two ways by which people resort to power theft. Either they directly tamper with the sanctioned meter.....