Friday June 26, 2009
ISLAMABAD: Managing Director Pepco Tahir Basharat Cheema has said the government has not decided to increase electricity tariff. Talking to a private TV channel, he said, "So far the government has not decided to bring any change in the existing power tariff".
The MD said,"Pepco has received order to increase its efficiency, pace up recovery campaign, bring the trend of power theft to a halt, so consumer could have the least burden even if there is no other option left to increase the power tariff." To a question, he said, the government had allocated Rs 65 billion during last fiscal year to pay subsidy on electricity. However, he said Rs 30 billion has been allocated in budget 2009-10 for subsidy on electricity.
To another question, he said, KESC would pay Rs 22 billion to Wapda while the government had estimated that it would be able to get Rs 10 billion from Fata. Cheema said Wapda was facing 33 to 35 percent of line losses in Sindh, Quetta and Peshawar. He said Wapda was making efforts to control line losses so that minimum burden could be shifted to consumers.
(APP)
ISLAMABAD: Managing Director Pepco Tahir Basharat Cheema has said the government has not decided to increase electricity tariff. Talking to a private TV channel, he said, "So far the government has not decided to bring any change in the existing power tariff".The MD said,"Pepco has received order to increase its efficiency, pace up recovery campaign, bring the trend of power theft to a halt, so consumer could have the least burden even if there is no other option left to increase the power tariff." To a question, he said, the government had allocated Rs 65 billion during last fiscal year to pay subsidy on electricity. However, he said Rs 30 billion has been allocated in budget 2009-10 for subsidy on electricity.
To another question, he said, KESC would pay Rs 22 billion to Wapda while the government had estimated that it would be able to get Rs 10 billion from Fata. Cheema said Wapda was facing 33 to 35 percent of line losses in Sindh, Quetta and Peshawar. He said Wapda was making efforts to control line losses so that minimum burden could be shifted to consumers.
(APP)
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