‘KESC to recover Rs 39bn dues from consumers’
The Karachi Electric Supply Company’s (KESC) total outstanding dues towards its consumers has exceeded Rs 39 billion and it intends to recover this amount, said Jan Abbas Zaidi, the power utility’s chief operating officer (distribution), at a media briefing here on Monday. He was accompanied by KESC Corporate Communications Director Ayesha Eirabie.
He said that Rs 17.5 billion were outstanding towards domestic and commercial consumers, while the remaining amount was owed by official and semi-official organisations.
Zaidi further stated that temporary shutdowns were been carried out on Monday in Federal B Area, Liaquatabad, Nazimabad, Sarjani, North Karachi and Orangi grid stations to convert the circuits to the high-tech computerised monitoring system called SCADA, which would facilitate the online monitoring of the authorised and actual load inflows to each feeder and PMT. The electricity supply to these grids was restored by evening, he added. ppi
