Expensive Electricity: Hundreds protest against ‘overbilling’

“People consumed more electricity during Ramazan.

Our Correspondent August 23, 2014
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FAISALABAD: Hundreds of citizens held a protest demonstration against the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) on Saturday. People from Shadab Colony, Lakkar Mandi, Nasir Colony, Punj Pir locality, Jhang Road and its adjacent localities blocked the Jhang-Faisalabad Road by staging a sit-in. Talking to reporters, Akbar Ali, one of the protesters, said that Fesco had sent incorrect bills to consumers. Fesco spokesman Tahir Shaikh told The Express Tribune that all bills were in accordance with the data sent by meter-readers. “People consumed more electricity during Ramazan.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 24th, 2014.
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