HESCO to ensure uninterrupted power supply on election day

Operation teams will be present at stations on February 7, 8, and 9 to iron out any possible technical glitches

HYDERABAD:

Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO) Chief Executive Officer Bashir Ahmed has issued instructions to the management of the company to ensure uninterrupted supply of electricity to all 13 districts on the day of general elections.

Top officials of HESCO employees have been assigned duty to ensure uninterrupted supply of electricity at the polling stations, said a HESCO statement. Operation teams will be present at the stations on February 7, 8, and 9 to iron out any possible technical glitches. Apart from this, a monitoring cell has also been established in the HESCO Power Control Centre, which will be directly monitored by HESCO Chief Bashir Ahmed and other chief engineers and superintending engineers. The superintending engineers and deputy directors of technical and staff of all four operation circles of HESCO will also be on alert and in constant contact with the deputy commissioners of all the districts to ensure uninterrupted supply of electricity.

Additionally, HESCO CEO has given strict instructions to the teams of GSO, GSC, Construction, and Material Management to stay alert with technical equipment so that any possible technical malfunction can be immediately addressed on the day of General Elections on February 8.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 7^th 2024.