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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 29 (APP):Superintending Engineer PESCO Dera Circle, Engr. Hizbullah Mehsud, has reaffirmed the department’s commitment to reducing loadshedding to the minimum level and taking strict measures to curb electricity theft.
He expressed these views during a meeting with a delegation of the Central Anjuman-e-Tajran, led by its President, Sohail Ahmed Azmi, at the PESCO Dera Circle office.
Hizbullah Mehsud stated that PESCO is making all out efforts to provide relief to consumers and support the business community.
He announced that within a week, a one-window operation would be activated to resolve cases related to the waiver of electricity penalties for PESCO consumers. He warned that strict action would be taken against PESCO officials found involved in electricity theft or illegal cutting of power connections. He also urged the trader community to cooperate with PESCO by guiding and supporting efforts to eliminate power theft.
He further stated that a computer lab would soon be established at PESCO Dera Circle, enabling electricity bills to be accurately prepared at the Dera Ismail Khan Circle Office.
This step, he said, would help address billing issues faced by consumers.
During the meeting, the traders’ delegation highlighted several concerns, including unannounced loadshedding in market areas, illegal disconnection of power supply, problems of overloaded transformers, and the need for establishing a computer section and an M&T laboratory in the Dera Circle.
Responding to these issues, the Superintending Engineer said that PESCO staff had been clearly instructed not to disconnect power connections unlawfully, and action would be taken against those violating these instructions. He added that load shedding schedules would be publicized through the media, and contact numbers of concerned feeder line superintendents would be shared with traders and citizens to ensure better coordination.
He also directed both XENs present at the meeting to immediately prepare additional cases for overloaded transformers in market areas so that electricity-related problems in those localities could be resolved at the earliest.