KESC condemns violent attacks on property

The attacks were conducted by alleged defaulters resorting to pressure tactics.

KARACHI: The Karachi Electric Supply Company has condemned the recent violent attacks on its property and infrastructure in different parts of the city.

The incidents involved violent mobs manhandling its employees while throwing stones and otherwise damaging KESC assets at Clifton, Tipu Sultan Road, Landhi, Lyari, Korangi, KDA society, Azizabad, Orangi and Shah Faisal Colony.

Five maintenance vehicles have also been reportedly hijacked from Landhi, Korangi and Gulistan-e-Jauhar. The police and Rangers had to be called in to control the situation.  According to the KESC, the miscreants allegedly owed large sums of money in unpaid electricity bills to the company and were also involved in electricity theft.



When asked to clear their dues, they resorted to pressure tactics to coerce the employees.

The KESC has issued a statement which said that it will not give in to the demands of the troublemakers who must pay their dues to ensure the restoration of electricity.

‘The company will not bow down to the illegal demands of the defaulters to provide free-of-charge electricity,’ the statement said.



Moreover, the KESC has stressed upon the government to provide security to the power infrastructure to ensure the smooth running of the power supply system.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 7^th, 2013.