*ISLAMABAD – PTI government has come up with a new idea to stop electricitytheft.*
*Minister for Power Umar Ayub Khan on Saturday said special cable would belaid in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to overcome the stealing of electricity.*
Addressing a news conference in Peshawar, Umar Ayub Khan said thegovernment was making all out efforts to control line losses and theft ofelectricity.
“The losses have been reduced and two billion rupees have been saved duringthe last two months,” he said.
He said the losses of Peshawar Electricity Supply Company was four billionrupees a month. Sixty-five percent of the losses were taking place inPeshawar, Mardan, Charsadda and Bannu, he added.
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The minister for power said a task force had been constituted to overcomethis issue.
This should be noted that Prime Minister Imran Khan has congratulated thepower ministry for acting against power thieves and reducing line losses.
