The Senate Standing Committee on Power Tuesday asked the Power Division to ensure that all recruitments against vacant posts in future must be made in accordance with provincial quota in all DISCOs of the country. The committee directed that this adherence to prescribed quota should be observed for all scales and all types of jobs in the Distribution Companies.
The meeting held under the chairmanship of Senator Fida Muhammad was attended among others by Senators Mushahidullah Khan, Muhammad Akram, Molvi Faiz Muhammad, Muhammad Ali Shah Jamot, Moula Bux Chandio and Ahmed Khan, secretary power, joint secretary power, CEOs of Discos and other officials.
The committee was given a detailed briefing by all Discos on repair and maintenance of transformers from government workshops and private sector. The committee sought details as to why private sector was approached despite presence of transformer reclamation workshops of Wapda.
It was told that Wapda workshops sometimes cannot accommodate the huge number of damaged transformers due to capacity issue, especially in the summer season, and private sector is approached only when the number exceeds that capacity. The secretary power assured the committee members that all PPRA rules are followed while involving private companies and transparency is ensured through inspection and third party monitoring.
The committee defined the matter of composition, selection criteria, scope of responsibilities, and effectiveness of BOG of DISCOs so as to study the working paper in detail. The committee was also given details about Pehur Hydropower Project and Malakand-III Hydropower project.