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NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 8: Officials of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Corporation, have been accused of providing additional supply of electricity to influentian people in the town at the cost of common consumers who are suffering because of frequent power breakdowns and repeated and unannounced loadsheddings in certain areas.
Talking to Dawn, a number of people alleged that Hesco officials were minting money by illegally supplying power to influential people to run their air-conditioners.
The residents of Naushahro Feroze on Tuesday faced a tough time from mid-day till 8pm in the evening as a result of repeated power breakdowns.
The consumers complained that Hesco was resorting to an unannounced loadsheding to cover line losses occurring due to illegal connections.
When contacted, neither the executive engineer nor the SDO offered any comment.
However, a Hesco official available in the operation sub-division, claimed that there was a fault at the grid station which was causing repeated power failure.
The grid station in-charge, Javed Memon, however, denied that there was any fault with the grid station and admitted that the tripping was caused by overloading. The people of Naushahro Feroze have called upon the Hesco chief to look into the matter and provide immediate relief to the consumers who were facing difficulties in the sizzling summer.
KILLED: A mechanic was killed near Khahi Qasim near Bhirya when an oil tanker hit a parked truck on Wednesday.
Mohammad Ashraf Mughal, a mechanic from Moro, was repairing the truck parked on the National Highway bypass near Qasim Khahi, when a Karachi-bound oil tanker (PRM-5197) hit the vehicle. The mechanic died on the spot. Bhirya police have arrested the tanker driver Mohammad Yousuf Arain, resident of Rahim Yar Khan and registered an FIR.
SNATCHED: Three motorcycles were snatched from different parts of the district on Wednesday. A veterinary doctor Ghulam Mustafa Panhwar was on his way on Mithiani-Naushahro Feroze link road when three armed men snatched his bike and Rs5,000 cash.
One Javed Ali Dahri was deprived of his motorcycle on Darbelo-Tharushah link road. In the third incident, three unidentified armed men snatched the bike from Khadim Hussain Buriro and Abdullah Buriro near Baladi bus stop.
