ISLAMABAD – Finance Minister Asad Umar has said five billion rupees havebeen saved by reducing transmission and distribution losses in last threemonths of the previous year.
In a tweet, he said the drive for crackdown on electricity was reviewed inthe Cabinet Committee on Energy meeting today.
The Minister said losses in October to December 2018 were reduced to 12.5percent as compared to 14.1 percent during the same period last year.
He said 18,795 FIR’s were registered and 1351 people arrested in last fourmonths during anti-theft drive.
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He termed the start of the campaign to eliminate electricity theft asexcellent and pledged to do more in this regard.
