Citizen Complaints: KESC removes kundas

KARACHI: The Karachi Electric Supply Company has completed an operation against illegal power connections in Lines Area, said a press release on Friday. Eight vehicles and security staff went to remove the illegal hook connections from the overhead main supply lines. They were highly dangerous, illegal connections which were latched on to the KESC system using wires normally used for telephones lines. KESC also acted on a complaint lodged by a resident on its anti-theft complaint email address. In a raid, a team removed large lengths of illegal connections in Scheme 33 of Gulzar-e-Hijri. A large quantity of dangerous PVC wires were removed at the root. Power theft can be reported on KESC’s call centre 118, or via email on ‘[e-mail]’. press release

Published in The Express Tribune, October 8^th, 2011.