Data reveals interesting electricity-stealing facts in districts
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The data on electricity theft in the country reveals that there is a significant difference among districts when it comes to the losses caused by power pilfering, despite the lack of difference among those districts in population and poverty rate, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Monday.
There are 163,841 electricity meters in use in Dera Ismail (DI) Khan, and electricity worth Rs16 billion is supplied to the district. However, a loss of Rs10 billion is borne as only Rs6 billion is received in electricity bills.
In Bhakkar, there are 292,333 electricity meters in use, and electricity worth Rs13 billion is supplied to the district with a loss of Rs1 billion as only Rs12 billion is received in electricity bills.
The poverty rate in both DI Khan and Bhakkar districts is the same, and there is a slight difference in the educated and urban population, but a significant difference can be seen in the loss caused by electricity theft.
In DI Khan, 38 percent of the population is literate, while in Bhakkar, the percentage of the literate population is 43. In DI Khan, 22 percent of the population lives in urban areas, while in Bhakkar, 16 percent of the population lives in urban areas.
Similarly, there are 359,892 electricity meters in use in Mardan and Rs34 billion worth of electricity is supplied to the district with a loss of Rs11 billion as only Rs23 billion is received in electricity bills.
In Swat, there are 349,298 electricity meters in use and electricity worth Rs16 billion is provided to the area. However, a loss of Rs2 billion is borne as only Rs14 billion is received in electricity bills.
It is to be noted here that 50 percent of the population in Mardan and 51 percent in Swat are educated and both the districts have the same poverty rate.
In Mardan, 19 percent of the population lives in the city while the percentage of the population that lives in Swat is 30 percent.
From all these estimates and data, it can be inferred that despite the lack of difference in population and poverty rate in all the districts, there is a significant difference in the loss due to electricity theft.