PESHAWAR / SWAT / HARIPUR:
Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) claimed that it had maintained continuous and uninterrupted power supply for 75% of its consumers, particularly during Iftari and Sehri.
However, angry protests continued in the provincial capital and other parts of KP against power outages, leaving dozens injured.
The utility company issued a statement on Sunday, saying only 200 feeders in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, which ran at high losses, faced excessive outages. The company blamed that on kundas or direct hooks.
“Pesco is trying its best to solve the problems of its consumers but at the same time we expect support from them,” Pesco Public Relations Director General Shaukat Afzal. “People use kundas to steal electricity from the transmission lines; these cause the feeders to trip,” said Afzal. “Areas connected to those feeders then face a power breakdown in addition to routine load-shedding,” he added.
Criminal cases were registered against more than 40 people for blocking the Khanput-Taxila Road as part of their protests, police said on Sunday.
