KARACHI, July 19: The employees of a contractor installing meters on behalf of the KESC are fleecing the consumers luring them to slowdown the meter which could not be tampered with. According to general complaints, the meters has an inbuilt mechanism which secures them from tampering, but the private men, working with the KESC contractor detailed under the massive campaign to shift meters outside premises and changing old meters with new ones bearing the brand name “PEL” are befooling the poor and illiterate consumers.

The staffs detailed under the campaign in different areas were supervised by the KESC officials while the rest are private employees of the contractor.

Worried consumers are then lured and charged Rs500 to 2,000 on the pretext of slowing down the meter.

Some consumers complained that two types of meters were being installed by the KESC staff.

The consumers are being discriminated, in the case of some customers a long faced meter was installed while a round shaped meter by PEL was being replaced.

KESC spokesman, however denies any discrimination and maintains that only one type of meter was being installed at customers of one kind.—APP