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KE overbilled Sindh govt more than Rs20bn in last 10 years: minister

 K-Electric (KE), the sole power utility in the seaside city of Karachi, has cheated the Sindh government by more than Rs20 billion for power supply to its specialties over the course of the last 10 years, Sindh Energy Pastor Syed Nasir Hussain Shah revealed on Wednesday.

"…  the commonplace government will before long compensation Rs9 billion in remarkable duty to K-Electric," Sindh Energy Clergyman Syed Nasir Hussain Shah told energy columnists in his office.

Shah uncovered that a review directed during the current year uncovered over the Rs2 billion in overbilling by K-Electric. He noticed that Rs2-3 billion were saved subsequent to accommodating power bills between the Sindh government and power utility over the beyond four to five years.

The common pastor blamed K-Electric for recuperating its line misfortunes by putting them on the common government's influence tabs, stressing that account compromise gave a more clear image of the exceptional sum owed.

He lik ewise featured that while continuous information is being gotten through shrewd meters introduced by HESCO and SEPCO, K-Electric still can't seem to introduce such meters to give constant information on power supply and utilization. "Assuming the public authority divisions have been exposed to this overbilling, one can envision the effect on normal shoppers," Shah remarked.Regarding overbilling and weighty charges to customers, Shah expressed that boards of trustees had been laid out to safeguard purchasers, zeroing in on relieving the effect of past overbilling.

Last week, the Sindh government declared that K-Electric had consented to reestablish power supply to shoppers utilizing something like 200 units by deferring their old contribution and charging them in view of new bills.

The power utility in a proclamation, affirmed that a joint panel with delegates from both the Sindh government and K-Electric had been framed to address load-shedding and different issues in Karachi.

The panel will work mutually to address public complaints, guarantee opportune bill installments, and foster methodologies to lessen load-shedding and guarantee a continuous power supply in the city.

K-Electric repeated its obligation to helping out Karachi inhabitants during the heatwave however underlined that continuous power supply relies upon convenient bill installments, as indicated by a proclamation.

The utility additionally referenced that the Sindh energy serve had guaranteed them that the public authority would work with the installment of over Rs9 billion owed by the Sindh government.

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