DERA GHAZI KHAN: The Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) disconnected electricity to water supply schemes of the Dera Ghazi Khan city over non-payment of outstanding dues of Rs17.1m while non-provision of water to the city has created resentment among the public, sources told Dawn.

The DG Khan Municipal Corporation has been facing deep financial crises and a special team of the corporation is trying to recover outstanding fees and rent due to be paid to it.

Meanwhile, Mepco has disconnected the power connection of water supply schemes of the city which has been running without collection of water supply bills from the consumers because of ignorance of the public as well as of the corporation.

It is also interesting to note that majority of the citizens use water filtration plants established in the city by philanthropists from where the public would fetch water for drinking without any interruption. Water obtained from water supply schemes is mostly used for other daily affairs instead of cooking and drinking.

DG Khan Mepco executive engineer Mumtaz Solangi said the company had to recover outstanding power supply bills worth of Rs17.1m and electricity could not be restored until payment of the bills.

Published in Dawn, October 23rd, 2019