KUWAIT: The judicial police team of the Ministry of Electricity and Water this June broke the record number for the largest number of violations handed out per month. The team issued 90 violations in extensive campaigns carried out in the six governorates targeting infringements on the electrical grid and water network.

The tour aimed at finding and removing illegal electricity wiring to reduce electrical loads, Deputy Team Head Ahmed Al-Shammari said. Pressure on the power grid, which the ministry has consistently attributed to violations in power connections, is expected to reach an all-time high this summer. Electrical loads will likely reach 17,000 megawatts, only 1,000 megawatts less than the grid’s capacity.

Shammari said that the inspection campaigns will resume after the Eid Al-Adha holiday in cooperation with the ministry's sectors and with the joint committee to combat the phenomenon of bachelors in private housing areas.

“The committee will spare no effort in controlling encroachments in direct extensions on slums and shantytowns in private housing areas, which are inhabited by overcrowded workers and bachelors,” he added. Shammari said that the summer heat will not prevent judicial officers from performing their duties and implementing ongoing campaigns to put an end to violations.