Mass default: K-P consumers owe Rs80 billion to PESCO

HANGU:

Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) Chief Executive Anwarul Haq has said the people of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) have defaulted on the payment of electricity arrears worth Rs80 billion.  He was speaking to journalists during a visit to Hangu on Saturday.

Other senior officials, including chief engineer Iqbal Marwat, were also present on this occasion. Haq said load-shedding will be proportional to the percentage of bills paid by people of a particular area.

“The areas where there is only 20% recovery will be subjected to 20 hours of load-shedding,” he warned. “However, there will be no load-shedding in those areas where the recovery is 70%.”

According to Haq, people to pay their bills and avoid illegal kunda connections instead of protesting against prolonged power outages.

The chief executive said the K-P government is providing assistance to eradicate the “kunda culture” and action would be taken against the culprits.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 27^th, 2016.