The Karachi Electric Supply Company has expressed distress over the negative media campaign by Sui Southern Gas Company and advised the SSGC to give top priority to people of Karachi for gas supply to fulfil their power needs and keep the City's lights on.
The Water Board and City District Government owe billions of rupees to KESC but their electricity supply has neither been curtailed nor cut off in the best interest of the population of Karachi who cannot be deprived of basic necessities. On the contrary, the KESC maintains their uninterrupted electricity supply as a public service even at the cost of huge amount of revenue. Quite often, the KESC burns most expensive furnace oil, 2.5 times more expensive than gas, to continue power supply to water pumping stations of KWSB and street lights of CDGK.
However, the SSGC appears to be quite unmindful of the citizens' interest in spite of being a public sector organisation. The KESC has never been given priority for gas supply although it has the most important responsibility to keep the City life going.
All the players in power sector and fuel supply chain should recognise the fact that circular debt is a national issue, which has caused a liquidity crisis, and all energy sector companies are affected by it. It is not understandable why SSGC is targeting KESC as if circular debt is a sole responsibility of KESC.-PR
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