ISLAMABAD
Following non-payment of dues, the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) on Monday suspended the power supply to street lights and traffic signals across the capital city.
The power company has suspended electricity to 17 public sector and semi-government departments, including the headquarters of the Capital Development Authority (CDA).
The Film Censor Board, office of the Anti-Narcotics Force, the Pakistan Public Works Department, the National Training Bureau, the government college in Sector F-7 and a cricket ground in Sector G-6 were also among the institutions whose power supply was suspended.
With the suspension of power to the city’s traffic signals, the federal capital’s traffic wardens would have to work a lot harder to maintain the flow of traffic.
The IESCO had been sending notices to these departments for some time over non-payment of dues.
Sources said the 17 departments had to pay a total of Rs 3 billion to clear the dues.
A spokesman for the power company said the defaulters had been repeatedly notified and reminded that they needed to pay the dues before today’s action was taken, adding that IESCO would continue to act against defaulters.
