Tamenglong VAs vow to check power theft
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 27 2014:
Tameng-long district administration and village authorities have agreed to work together in order to check frequent theft of electric wires in different parts of the district.
According to a village authority, Tamenglong DC C Arthur held a meeting with the SP, DGM of the Distribution Company, SDOs and village authorities on May 13 and deliberated on frequent theft of electric wires by anti-social elements who took full advantage of frequent power cut off.
The meeting entrusted village authorities of Tousem, Tamei, Nungba, Tamenglong and Khoupum sub-divisions to check theft of electric wires in their respective areas while police would search if there is any factory which uses the stolen wires as some sort of raw material.
Another agenda which figured at the meeting was lack adequate manpower for collection of electricity tax in Ta- menglong district.
The meeting agreed that SDOs would launch a verification process so as to convert stone crushers, saw mills and other small scale industries located in Tamenglong district as bulk consumers, added the source.