Karachi: Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab He announced to file a lawsuit declaring the collection of circular duty of Rs 3.20 per unit in electric bills as unconstitutional.
According to Express News, a meeting regarding electricity was held under the chairmanship of Caretaker Chief Minister Sindh Justice (R) Maqbool Baqir. Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab, Principal Secretary Sindh Chief Minister Agha Wasif, Secretary Finance Kazim Jatoi, Commissioner Karachi Salim Rajput, Additional IG Karachi Khadim Rind, Secretary Energy Fayyaz Abbasi, K Electric CEO Monis Alvi, Tariq Shah of Energy Department were present in the meeting. , Shabar Zaidi and others were participants.
In the meeting, consideration was given to solving the problems between the people of Karachi and K Electric. The Caretaker Chief Minister of Sindh directed to provide protection to their staff on the complaint of K Electric.
Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab said that K Electric customers pay circular date at the rate of Rs 3.20 in the bill, the fact is that K Electric has nothing to do with circular date.
Chief Minister Sindh said that he will raise the issue of unit payment at Rs 3.20 with the federal government. Mayor Karachi said that he will file a case in Nepra on this unconstitutional recovery.
CEO K Electric said that the company supplies 3400 megawatts of electricity in the city of Quaid, the increase in tariff has reduced power consumption by 5 percent and receipts by 3.4 percent. Do damage.
Chief Minister Sindh directed the administration to cooperate with K Electric in preventing electricity theft. The Chief Minister advised K Electric to make the public aware of products that reduce electricity consumption. The Sindh Chief Minister also apprised K Electric of the growing number of complaints against their meters.
K Electric said that there is a separate forum for complaints against electricity meters, Sindh Chief Minister said that electricity bills are not delivered to consumers on time, K Electric said that their bills are immediately on their portal. Can be seen from anywhere.
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