The Senate Standing Committee on Power was informed on Thursday that approximately Rs. 1 billion worth of recovery has been made in the last few days.
The meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Power was held here at Old PIPS Hall Parliament Lodges on Thursday with Senator Saifullah Abro in Chair.
The Senate Committee applauded the Power Division for taking swift action against the line losses and electricity theft in different DISCO’s. Additional Secretary, Power Division, Arshad Majid apprised that approximately Rs. 1 billion worth of recovery has been made in the last few days and the Power Division has also reshuffled the officers of various DISCOs to ensure its efficiency.
Chairman committee Senator Saifullah Abro stated that the Power Division should also reshuffle CEOs of DISCOs and BoDs of various authorities, who allegedly have acted malafide and diminishing the capacity of the power sector.
Earlier in a tweet, Secretary Power Division Rashid Langrial said the interim government’s anti-power theft campaign will cross Rs. 1 billion in recoveries today. However, the figure is negligible compared to transmission and distribution (T&T) losses, which reportedly stood at over Rs. 520 billion in the previous fiscal year (FY23).
“Will cross first billion recovery mark today, although all nuts and bolts of anti-theft campaign are still not fully in place,” the official said in a tweet on Thursday.
“An iterative process: learning by doing in place. Fully-evolved model by end of the month Insha Allah,” he added.
Source: Pro Pakistani