PESHAWAR: The PESCO chief ordered the Superintendent Engineers (SEs) to replace all 53000 defective meters by December 31 otherwise strict disciplinary action would be taken against officials for not meeting the targets.
The order was passed during a high level meeting of the Superintendent Engineers (SEs) presided over by Chief Executive PESCO Anwar Ul Haq Yousafzai here on Monday and also ordered 10 percent implementation of photo meter readings and replacement of defective meters by December 31 this year.
The meeting was held at Wapda House Peshawar attended by Chief Engineer Operation Mohsin Raza, Chief Engineer Commercial Shabir Ahmad, Superintending Engineers of Khyber, Bannu, Swat, Mardan, Abboatabad, Peshawar and Mansehra Circles besides senior officials of the company.
The PESCO Chief showed anguish over non replacement of 53000 defective meters in different circles and ordered for replacement of all these defective meters by 31st December 2016,failing which strict disciplinary action would be taken against the officials.
He also took serious notice of a large number of pending new connections particularly Government pending connections despite availability of necessary material and directed the concerned staff to provide these connections by 31st December 2016.It was also ordered to immediately implement all pending EROs and power to the defaulters must be disconnected henceforth.
The PESCO chief directed to submit the particulars of all defaulters to NAB by 31st December 2016 and replace damaged distribution transformer immediately in good areas where losses are less and recovery is good.
Anwarul Haq directed to shift all the faulty transformers to workshops lying in different field offices so that enough transformers could be available for upcoming summer. The progress achieved in photo meter reading so for was discussed and the PESCO chief said that 100% implementation of photo meter reading must be ensured by 31st December to overcome over billing complaints. He directed field officers to reduce losses on 73 high loss feeders by the end of this month, adding that line loses was the main cause of deficit. Drive against illegal use of electricity and direct hooks also came under discussion and important decisions were taken in this regard.
Engr Anwarul Haq directed field offices to submit their information directly to Director General Public Relations on daily basis especially regarding raids in connection with drive against power pilferage and recovery made. He ordered that no one should be spared who is involved in power theft as due to power pilferage Pesco’s distribution system was over loaded on one side and on the other side line losses increase.
The technical staff has been directed to adopt all precautionary measures to avoid electrocution and electric shocks for their own safety.
