Heads roll over poor performance in PESCO

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Secretary Ministry of Water and Power Mohammad Younus Dagha has suspended  7 XENs and 15 SDOs of PESCO on poor performance as Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses in their respective areas have increased as compared to the corresponding period last year.

The suspension orders have been made after a monthly performance review of Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO).

The suspended official of PESOC includes XEN Mansehra Rural, XEN Charsadda, XEN city, XEN City Rural, XEN Mardan 1, XEN Bunnu1 and XEN Bunnu 2.

15 SDOs were suspended whose AT&C losses increased more than 4.5 per cent as compared with the previous year.

The Secretary Water and Power further  directed PESCO to complete meter reading through Mobile in 98 Sub Divisions up to August 2015.

During the meeting the Secretary Water and Power also showed concern on no progress regarding incentive package of Recovery of outstanding amounts by PESCO.