Hesco exempts Thar from load shedding over 100 percent bill payment

The power consumers of remote district of Sindh, Tharparkar, have set an example for others by paying their monthly electricity bills regularly, surprising the Board of Directors of Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco), which declared zero load shedding in six 11-KV Feeders of the district.
The desert district, which is hit by drought almost every year, despite poverty and insufficient health and other facilities, the consumers, utilising the electricity from HESCO installations never made any delay in payment of their monthly electricity bills and ranked their district the most favourite among others districts where the power distribution companies have been engaged in controlling the line losses and recovery of outstanding dues from the power consumers. According to policy of the government, the Hesco Board of Directors in its meeting reviewed the progress of the recoveries and line losses control measures of special recoveries teams, the Hesco spokesman informed.