{
  "id": 13181214,
  "title": "Mumbai BEST Recovers 84% Of Power Theft Dues Over 3 Decades",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/mumbai-best-recovers-84-of-power-theft-dues-over-3-decades",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T18:30:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-best-recovers-84-of-power-theft-dues-over-3-decades"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking has recovered 84.08% of the total Rs 220.05 crore assessed in 30,932 cases of power theft and unauthorized electricity use between 1993 and August 2026, according to a report by Free Press Journal. This high recovery rate contrasts with earlier figures that suggested a much lower recovery rate of around 22% over a shorter period. The remaining Rs 41.66 crore is yet to be recovered, primarily due to court cases, delays in recovering dues from public sector bodies, and difficulties in verifying consumers in densely populated slum areas. The long-term data shows that BEST has recovered more than four-fifths of the total amount assessed in such cases, with recovery rates varying significantly across different wards in Mumbai.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}