ISLAMABAD (Lord Media): An Auditor General of Pakistan report has revealed that billions of rupees worth of electricity have been stolen from the Lahore Electric Supply Company’s (LESCO) transmission and distribution system. According to the documents, 870 million units of electricity were stolen over the course of one year.

The report states that LESCO’s failure to meet NEPRA targets resulted in substantial losses, and ineffective measures were taken against electricity theft.

The report highlights that senior LESCO officials are responsible for the losses as the cost of electricity supplied to feeders is recovered from ordinary consumers. Sources indicate that large-scale electricity theft occurs through major business centers and factories, involving senior LESCO officials.

Sources further revealed that some consumers use illegal transformers, and the stolen electricity is accounted for in the feeder’s records. They suggested that if government investigative agencies work diligently, the roots of this theft could be traced back to ministries in Islamabad.  LORD