Raids by flying squads:

CEB earns Rs 18.5m income from fines

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has earned an income of Rs 18.5 million as fines and compensation following raids conducted by its flying squad on errant electricity consumers during October this year.

This followed the detection of 238 incidents involving illegal manipulation of electricity meters and pirating by using hooks to the supply lines.

A CEB statement said raids on errant consumers have been accelerated following the reactivation of the flying squad on the direction of Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka whose objective is to meet 100 percent of the domestic demand for electricity by 2012.

The public could assist in the endeavour to round up those pirating electricity by alerting the CEB on 2422259.