Geographical condition of Old Lucknow hampering efforts
A special revenue generation drive is currently on in LESA with enforcement team moving door-to-door to generate as much revenue as possible. Simultaneously, defaulters are being booked and their electric connections being disconnected, in case the full and final payment is not collected immediately. This was disclosed by Er. A.K. Singh, Chief Engineer at LESA in a special conversation with this correspondent. LESA has about 10 lakh connections in Lucknow.
Leading LESA’s monumental task in Old Lucknow is Mohammad Firoz, the Executive Engineer, who took up this arduous responsibility after proving his mettle in cities with similar geographical conditions to Old Lucknow, viz. Aligarh and Allahabad. In Circle-I itself, which comprises nearly whole of Old Lucknow, about 1500 connections have been cut so far out of nearly 15000 disconnections carried out so far in Lucknow. “Four teams are already on move in the area government by me, and about 25 FIRs have been made till now, besides generating the much needed revenue for the electricity department,” informs Mohammad Firoz.
However, Firoz’s work is largely affected due to the very nature and pattern of housing construction in the area. “Most of the area has narrow lanes and bylanes where power lines run extremely close to the houses, making it easier for theft to be carried out. Most of this theft is carried out at night. Though we are taking the assistance of police too in this regard, even they avoid getting into the houses during night,” adds the Executive Engineer.
More than 90% of consumers in Firoz’s area are domestic ‘light and fan’ users and consumption is as it is low compared to houses in localities in other circles. And places where there is high consumption, there are other constraints that prohibit action, informs Firoz, citing the case of KGMU – a big government-run hospital.
Chief Engineer, AK Singh too agrees to the enormous work pressure and limitations in enforcing regulations in sensitive areas of Lucknow. For instance, KGMU that lies in the area governed by Mohammad Firoz owes more than Rs. 1.5 crore to the electricity department. The hospital staff spends lavishly on construction, seminars and convocations and foreign travel of its senior staff but has no funds to pay to the electricity department. Even electricity cannot be disconnected, as this would lead to inconvenience to the patients.
A special revenue generation drive is currently on in LESA with enforcement team moving door-to-door to generate as much revenue as possible. Simultaneously, defaulters are being booked and their electric connections being disconnected, in case the full and final payment is not collected immediately. This was disclosed by Er. A.K. Singh, Chief Engineer at LESA in a special conversation with this correspondent. LESA has about 10 lakh connections in Lucknow.
Leading LESA’s monumental task in Old Lucknow is Mohammad Firoz, the Executive Engineer, who took up this arduous responsibility after proving his mettle in cities with similar geographical conditions to Old Lucknow, viz. Aligarh and Allahabad. In Circle-I itself, which comprises nearly whole of Old Lucknow, about 1500 connections have been cut so far out of nearly 15000 disconnections carried out so far in Lucknow. “Four teams are already on move in the area government by me, and about 25 FIRs have been made till now, besides generating the much needed revenue for the electricity department,” informs Mohammad Firoz.
However, Firoz’s work is largely affected due to the very nature and pattern of housing construction in the area. “Most of the area has narrow lanes and bylanes where power lines run extremely close to the houses, making it easier for theft to be carried out. Most of this theft is carried out at night. Though we are taking the assistance of police too in this regard, even they avoid getting into the houses during night,” adds the Executive Engineer.
More than 90% of consumers in Firoz’s area are domestic ‘light and fan’ users and consumption is as it is low compared to houses in localities in other circles. And places where there is high consumption, there are other constraints that prohibit action, informs Firoz, citing the case of KGMU – a big government-run hospital.
Chief Engineer, AK Singh too agrees to the enormous work pressure and limitations in enforcing regulations in sensitive areas of Lucknow. For instance, KGMU that lies in the area governed by Mohammad Firoz owes more than Rs. 1.5 crore to the electricity department. The hospital staff spends lavishly on construction, seminars and convocations and foreign travel of its senior staff but has no funds to pay to the electricity department. Even electricity cannot be disconnected, as this would lead to inconvenience to the patients.
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