Too slow: MEPCO staff attacked for repair delay

Around 200 people attacked MEPCO maintenance staff for being slow to replace a transformer that developed a fault.

BAHAWALPUR: Around 200 people attacked MEPCO maintenance staff on Friday afternoon at Ahmedpur east Road for being slow to replace a transformer that developed a fault. Electricity had been suspended in the area opposite Sadiq Public School since Tuesday. The mob also tried to burn the MEPCO vehicle, police said.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 21^st, 2012.