Board of Directors (BoDs) Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) has directed rapid implementation of the printing of photo of Meter Reading on the electricity bills and securing of consumers data through an electronic mechanism to redress the grievances regarding wrong meter reading.
The directives were issued during 94th meeting of the Board of Directors held here at Wapda House, Peshawar, with Chairman, Malik Muhammad Asad Khan in the chair.
Board members including Chief Executive, Pesco, Syed Hassan Fazil, Musawar Ali Shah, Lieutenant-Colonel Alam Zeb Khan (Retd), Lieutenant-Colonel Jahanzeb Khan(Retd), Nasir Khan Musazai, Iftikhar Ahmad Khan, Qamaruz Zaman, Namat Ullah Abid, Company Secretary Siab Ahmad, Director General HR Muhammad Iqbal Haider, Director General Public Relations Shaukat Afzal attended the meeting.
The Company Secretary Siab Ahmad presented minutes of 93rd BOD meeting which were approved after a detailed discussion.
Chief Executive Pesco Syed Hassan Fazil gave a comprehensive presentation to the board on efforts to bring Pesco out of losses and to provide better facilities to the consumers. He said that every effort is being made for reduction in line losses and increase in recovery,
The BoD emphasised that all recruitments must be made purely on merit and for that reason recruitment be conducted through NTS or ETTA and granted approval of the merit based procedure.
The board also briefed that according to the instructions different developmental activities are being carried out in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and in this regard work is in progress on 132 KV Tarbela-Swabi Transmission Line. Similarly, bifurcation of 11 KV Old Murghuz Feeder has been completed and 11 KV Zaida Feeder has been established with a cost of more than Rs 10 million, which will facilitate consumers of the area.
All these projects have been financed by the federal government, but now some elements are trying to take credit of these projects.
The board was further briefed about construction of new Transformer Workshops, which directed further acceleration of the process. The board directed to give a comprehensive presentation on installation of small transformers, such as 5KV, 10KV and 15KV etc and installation of concrete poles in the next meeting.
The board approved some important steps to facilitate consumers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for smooth supply of electricity and redressal of consumer complaints at their door steps.
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