KARACHI: Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori has expressed his dissatisfaction over the performance of the K-Electric and directed its chief executive officer Moonis Alvi to ensure uninterrupted power supply to its domestic and commercial consumers.

The KE chief executive called on the governor here at Governor House on Friday. The governor asked Mr Alvi to announce a package for consumers within a week.

He said that prolonged spells of loadshedding in different parts of the metropolis during winter was a question mark over the performance of the KE.

He asked the KE CEO to organise an open katchehri and take measures to address the grievances of consumers with regard to inflated electricity bills.

Mr Alvi informed the governor that the KE was taking measures for an uninterrupted supply of electricity to its consumers.

Meanwhile, the KE denied that it was carrying out unannounced loadshedding in Lyari. In a statement issued on Friday, a KE spokesman said that the arrears of the power utility increased to Rs 7.9 billion on the account of monthly bills in different localities of Lyari.

He said the supply of electricity to different areas of Lyari could not be continued without clearance of dues and timely payment of bills.

Published in Dawn, December 24th, 2022