Lights off: Police to face black out for not paying bills
KESC’s decision can be a big setback to ongoing operations: police.
KESC’s decision can be a big setback to ongoing operations: police. PHOTO: FILE.
KARACHI:
Police stations around the city will no longer be provided electricity after October 30 as the law enforcement department has failed to pay its dues of Rs1.2 billion to the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC), The Express Tribune has learnt.
The company has issued a final notice to the police department, following which various police locations, including the police headquarters, will be deprived of electricity, a KESC spokesperson told The Express Tribune. He claimed that all notices sent to the Karachi police have been ignored, despite the department constantly racking up the debt. KESC also issued a similar notice to the Sindh Police in August.
Sindh Police Finance DIG Captain Tahir Naveed told The Express Tribune that several meetings have taken place between KESC and the police. Naveed claimed that while the police were willing to clear any dues, KESC has failed to fulfill its duties. “In different areas, the power company [KESC] could not install their meters and are charging extra.”
He added that all requests to install meters in the residential areas under police lines have fallen on deaf ears. Ongoing operations in Karachi will suffer a major setback if the police are deprived of electricity, Naveed said, while urging KESC to review its decision.
Senior police officials urged the provincial government to help resolve the conflict. The police department is struggling financially and might need to be bailed out by the provincial government if they are to pay KESC before the October 30 deadline.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 27th, 2013.
Police stations around the city will no longer be provided electricity after October 30 as the law enforcement department has failed to pay its dues of Rs1.2 billion to the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC), The Express Tribune has learnt.
The company has issued a final notice to the police department, following which various police locations, including the police headquarters, will be deprived of electricity, a KESC spokesperson told The Express Tribune. He claimed that all notices sent to the Karachi police have been ignored, despite the department constantly racking up the debt. KESC also issued a similar notice to the Sindh Police in August.
Sindh Police Finance DIG Captain Tahir Naveed told The Express Tribune that several meetings have taken place between KESC and the police. Naveed claimed that while the police were willing to clear any dues, KESC has failed to fulfill its duties. “In different areas, the power company [KESC] could not install their meters and are charging extra.”
He added that all requests to install meters in the residential areas under police lines have fallen on deaf ears. Ongoing operations in Karachi will suffer a major setback if the police are deprived of electricity, Naveed said, while urging KESC to review its decision.
Senior police officials urged the provincial government to help resolve the conflict. The police department is struggling financially and might need to be bailed out by the provincial government if they are to pay KESC before the October 30 deadline.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 27th, 2013.