India, Sept. 19 -- The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) settled 1,057 cases during the recent National Lok Adalat in Pune and recovered Rs.2.18 crore. The cases included pending and newly filed disputes.

Officials said the company regularly runs recovery drives for defaulters and permanently disconnected consumers. Cases that remain unresolved are presented before the hearings.

Under MSEDCL chief engineer Sunil Kakade, around 51,317 defaulters from Ganeshkhind, Rasta Peth, and Pune rural divisions were listed before the Lok Adalat held on September 13.

Of these, 1,053 cases were settled with a recovery of Rs.2.14 crore. Pune rural contributed Rs.1.03 crore, followed by Rasta Peth with Rs.96.9 lakh, an...