LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Thursday while showing its dismay on the poor performance and bureaucratic attitude of LESCO authorities, has called for LESCO revamping to overcome huge distribution losses revealed in a study conducted by its own Board of Directors.
In a statement issued here, the LCCI president Sheikh Muhammad Arshad said that a total overhauling of the LESCO has become need of the hour in the wake of rampant complaints against the company.
He said that poor performance of the LESCO officials is not only hampering the trade & economic activities but also affecting the growth of manufacturing sector and giving bad name to the government.
Citing an example of attitude of LESCO officials, the LCCI President Sheikh Muhammad Arshad said that it came into his knowledge that despite repeated requests, the present LESCO chief could not spare time for Lahore Chamber.
“If a government officer is not available to an institution like Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry then one can understand well his way of treatment with the common complaints.
He said that it was very unfortunate that the LESCO is playing havoc with the trade & industry and forcing industrialists to observe “black days & strike” that is not a good omen for economy at all.
“At present when government is striving hard to bring as much as possible foreign investment in Pakistan but LESCO is doing other way and making moves to keep foreign investors away”, Sheikh Muhammad Arshad said.
He said that massive unscheduled power cuts have ruined the industrial activities while over billing is adding fuel to the fire.
The LCCI President opined that over billing is bound to increase the incidence of electricity pilferage that already is eating up billion rupees and causing irreparable damage to the economy.
The LCCI President said that business community is backbone of the economy. How government would run its day-by-day affairs when industrialists will close down their industrial units because of massive load shedding and various other challenges.
He said that at least fifty percent representation should be given to the business doing people in the LESCO Board of Directors.
