Federal Minister for Power Division, Sardar Awais Ahmed Leghari has directed the Power Division to
immediately take step for displaying of electricity generation and distribution
data on the website of Power Information Technology Company www.pitc.com.pk for ensuring maximum transparency and provision of
accurate information to the public at large.
The Federal
Minister passed the direction in a meeting with a Delegation of the Government
of KPK headed by the Provincial Minister for Energy today.
The Federal
Minister while referring to the Government of KPK long standing demand to
provide information and data relating to the distribution of electricity among
the distribution companies, said that it will be more transparent to open the
information for general public.
The Federal
Minister also asked the Energy Minister for help against power theft in
different areas of KPK. He informed the delegation that Peshawar Electric
Supply Company (PESCO) has been directed to incentivize its staff deputed on
high loss feeders in order to control the losses and ensure uninterrupted power
supply to maximum areas. He said that government is also considering to
incentivize the law enforcement agencies in their endeavors against the power
theft.
The Federal
Minister further informed the delegation that with the sheer consistent efforts
by the present government, the power generation has reached to the level that
we can meet demand of the electricity in the country. He said that there is no
shortage of electricity right now.
Mr. Atif Khan
Energy Minister KPK agreed with the Federal Minister for Power Division that
areas where power theft is rampant and losses are high can be compared with
areas where losses are low and so the loadshedding cannot be equal. He said
that provincial government is all ready to extend assistance to PESCO in its
operation against the power theft and recovery cases. He thanked the Minister
for making the power distribution data public which he said will usher
into more transparency.
