Federal Minister for Power Division, Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan
Leghari has directed the Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOS) to clear
all backlog of pending new electricity connections within
one month so that a new procedure for new connections can be
adopted.
The Federal
Minister was chairing a review meeting with all CEOs of the DISCOs and
officials from PEPCO, PITC and Power Division today.
The Federal
Minister took strong exception to around 400000 pending new connection
applications in all DISCOs and directed that immediate measure be made to
provide energy meters to the consumers. He said that special meetings of the
BODs may be called by the DISCOs in order to expedite procurement of material
essential for new connections as per the existing procedure.
The Federal
Minister also directed that in high losses areas the load shedding shall be
carried as per fixed schedule proportionate to the percentage of losses. He
directed to establish a hotline to monitor the schedule of load shedding for
the high losses areas. The Federal Minister will himself monitor the schedule
of loadshedding in the high losses areas while the PITC will generate reports
in this regard.
The Federal
Minister said that with great effort the government has been able to bridge the
demand supply gap and we have now enough power generation available to meet the
demand. He said that all efforts be made to curtail the losses so that maximum number of
consumers can be provided uninterrupted electricity supply.
