FIR will be lit in puja pandals, FIR will be given, department issued strict instructions:

News India Live, Digital Desk: Jharkhand Electricity Board: Preparations have started all around as soon as the festival of Durga Puja draws near and the puja pandals have started decorating. But this time before illuminating the pandals, the worship committees will have to pay attention to a new and strict decree of the electricity department. Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL) has made it clear that electricity will not be allowed to be used illegally or ‘Katia’ in any puja pandal.

Major action will be taken on illegal connection

This time the electricity department is not in the mood to take any kind of laxity. The officials of the department have given clear instructions that all the worship committees will have to take temporary electricity connection. For this, special teams have also been formed to run a checking campaign.

• If any pandal was found to be burning electricity illegally, then directly against the organizers of the puja committee Fir Will be recorded
• Not only this, by assessing electricity theft at a normal rate Three times more fine Will also be charged.

How to take legal connections?

The department has kept the process of taking temporary connections simple for the convenience of worship committees.

1. The committees will have to go to their nearest power sub-division office and submit an application.
2. In the application, information about the total load in the pandal (how many watt electricity will be consumed) will have to be given.
3. Based on this load, the security amount and the estimated bill will have to be deposited in advance.

Advantage of legal connection – 24 hours will get electricity

The department has also assured that pandals where there will be a valid connection will be ensured 24 hours uninterrupted power supply during the festival. For this, a team of engineers and employees will be deployed in every area, which will immediately fix it if there is any kind of malfunction.

This step of the department is not only to prevent power theft, but it also ensures protection from any untoward incident like short-circuit in pandals. Therefore, it is better to apply for a valid connection in time for any legal bottlenecks in the euphoria of worship.