No tolerance for
overfilling, wrong meter reading and fake billing and those involved must be
shown the door without any discrimination. This was stated by the
Federal Minister for Power Division Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Laghari in his
maiden interaction with CEOs of all the Distribution Companies here today via
video link.
In his policy
statements, the Federal Minister said that with the active participation of his
predecessor Khawaja Muhammad Asif and his colleague MOS Chaudry Abid Sher Ali,
the power sector has made great efforts in execution of various projects. He
said that he will not let the efforts go in vein and every effort shall be made
to pass the benefit to the grass root level. The Minister warned the
CEOs to take every effort for sending correct bills to the consumers. He said
that after two weeks of briefings he has come to the point that the fake
billing, over billing must stop immediately and those involved must be shown
the door.
The Minister
categorically said that only merit and hard work will be counted and no
influence of whatsoever shall be tolerated. He said that the message of
transparency shall be passed to all ranks and files of the DISCOs be routed by their respective CEOs. The Minister said he
believes that current CEOs are the best working lot however there is an
alternative best working engineers available at the second and third tier of
their hierarchy therefore only the hard work and merit can service.
The Federal Minister
said that consumers shall be facilitated at all cost.
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