In their report to the shareholders for the period July-September 2007, the Directors of KESC had said and I quote: "Contract for new power plant - Phase-1 of 220 MW has already been awarded and first Gas Turbine (GT) of 48 MW, is likely to be commissioned in November 07.
Bid evaluation process with respect to setting up of 560 MW power plant - phase-II at BQPS is in final stage and contract is likely to be awarded in the near future".
It is important that KESC keeps to its promise and people of Karachi are spared this summer, the horrendous loadshedding of last year. It is regretted that that there is no word from KESC about the first Gas Turbine of 48 MW though half a month has passed since end November.
A briefing by its Directors (reported on 8 December 07) on KESC's progress on system improvement failed to mention anything about the progress on the promised generation capacity enhancement. The least KESC can do is to keep its clients (which means practically every one in Karachi) fully informed about matters in its domain, which deeply concern them.