Engineers and field staff of the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation conducted surprise checks on 673 power connections in different parts of the city on Thursday and detected violations in some of them.
A Tangedco press release issued here said that a 15-member engineers and field staff team led by Rajendra Vijay, Executive Engineer (operations and maintenance), Tiruchi Metro Circle, carried out the surprise checks and penalty to the tune of Rs.8,385 was levied against offenders.
The Tangedco would continue to conduct such surprise checks and warned consumers against committing irregularities.