IESCO to install a grid station at Satellite Town

RAWALPINDI—Islamabad Electric Supply Corporation (IESCO) would install a Grid Station in Satellite Town, Rawalpindi to support incessant and free flow of electricity to masses of Rawalpindi.
"Five Grid Stations in Satellite Town Rawalpindi, Defence Housing Authorirty (DHA) Islamabad, Chakri, Kalar Sayedian and Tarnol will be istalled. Contracts have already been given and it will take 9 month to complete these projects. World Bank (WB) also agreed to give financial support to IESCO's new projects", said Brig Shahbaz Azam, Chief Executive Officer of IESCO, while addressing the meeting of Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) members. The meeting was chaired by President RCCI Jalil Ahmad Malik.
To provide easy and smooth billing system to consumers, Shahbaz Azam said that 50 NADRA billing machines would installed out of which 24 had already been installed adding that one billing machine would be installed in RCCI.
Responding to query of participants of meeting, CEO IESCO said that since its incorporation on 25th April, 1998, IESCO had improved its complaint cell even though any member of RCCI have problems they can contact directly to him.
He said that a meeting of XEN and linemen would be held in chamber to rectify the problems of electricity in Rawat Industrial Estate of RCCI.
Responding to a question about getting surcharges, Shahbaz Azam said that IESCO had lessen line losses but getting surcharges was not in its aptitude adding that it was government's decision.
Earlier, giving presentation about achievements of IESCO, Shahbaz said that though load in consumption of electricity had considerably risen from 1187 MV to 1211 MV, even then we were able to decrease our line losses to 14.4% in July 2006 compare to 16.4% in June 2005.
He said that 11, 959 employees were working in IESCO adding that 48.42% of electricity been used by Domestic users while 18.10% and 12.62% used for Industrial and commercial purpose respectively.
President RCCI Jalil Ahmad Malik in his welcome address said that being an important item of our daily routine, Electricity was imperative for Industrial and trade development also.
He said Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr. Shaukat Aziz had directed Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to produce more power which showed the intent of our goverenemnt of getting economic progress.
He said IESCO done remarkably well to overcome the problems of power supply but still they have to do lot more.—Agencies