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Federal Minister for Power, Omar Ayub Khan has directed the power Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to immediately undertake GIS mapping of all the 11KV feeders and replace the 100,000 electromagnetic electricity meters with digital meters by the end of Feb 2019 to reduce line losses. The directions were passed in a meeting with chief executive officers (CEOs) of all the DISCOs here at Power Division on Monday.
The federal minister further directed the CEOs to personally inspect distribution transformers of various capacities on random basis to ascertain their mechanical fitness. He directed the CEOs to launch cleanup operations in highly populated areas and remove hazardous wires.
Omar Ayub Khan informed the meeting that Power Division is in the process to initiate electric advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) project (smart meters) in all Distribution Companies. He particularly mentioned PESCO and MEPCO to be the next in line as LESCO and IESCO have already initiated the process.
The minister directed the CEOs to prepare and implement three-month plan for feeder wise anti-theft operation in their respective areas for complete elimination of theft so that consumers can get uninterrupted power supply in summer. Afterward, GEPCO CEO Mohsin Raza presented a cheque of Rs 10.7 million to the federal minister for prime minister dam fund.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019

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