India, June 24 -- New Delhi

The Delhi government said it has prevented theft of over 10 million units (kWh) of electricity in a crackdown on illegal power connections in west Delhi's Kamruddin Nagar, which were causing an annual loss of Rs.24.4 crore to the exchequer, officials said on Tuesday.

Kamruddin Nagar, which falls under the Mundka division, recorded aggregate power losses of 56.4%, making it one of the city's high-loss areas, officials said.

"A crackdown was launched to curb power theft in Kamruddin Nagar area. Since then, electricity theft in the area has already declined by around 34,000 units per day. Similar action will be initiated in other areas also," power minister Ashish Sood said.

Officials said that the primary off...