Now, power theft will land you in jail for 5 years in UP

Agra, May 28: Having fed up with the bane of power thefts for decades now, the Yogi Adityanath government has decided to take stringent steps to curb burglery. Anyone caught stealing electricity will have to face a jail term of up to five years from June 15. This is part of the state's efforts to provide power 24x7 for all by the beginning of 2019.

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, which has signed the 'Power to All' document with the Centre to provide 24x7 electricity supply to all households is gearing up to replicate Prime



Minister Narendra Modi's home state 'Gujarat Model' to curb rampant power theft in the state.

If caught, the defaulter will be arrested and asked to pay up to six times the pending dues while those using more than 10KW sanctioned load will face imprisonment of up to five years. Such consumers will be debarred from using electricity for up to two years. Repeated for the second time, one will go to jail for 10 years.

Meanwhile, the government has already decided to come up special police stations that would be established to deal with these cases.