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CDGK to help KESC end kunda system

KARACHI: The City District Government Karachi has decided to support the Karachi Electric Supply Company to curb theft of electricity through the illegal kunda (hook) method.

This was decided in a meeting held between City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal and KESC CEO Tabish Gauhar on Wednesday. According to a statement issued on Wednesday, the city nazim assured the KESC of maximum cooperation in order to assist the utility to improve its supply system in the vast interest of the citizens.

Kamal claimed that the KWSB has been doing its best to settle all the dues to the KESC but other organisations in the city have defaulted in their payment to the water board, thereby restricting its smooth operations. He urged the KESC to obtain an NOC prior to providing electricity connections to ascertain whether a spatial settlement is legal or was a mere case of encroachment. A four-member team was formed to curtail the theft of electricity that would also settle other issues between KESC and KWSB. The city nazim also asked the power utility to assist the CDGK in shifting high-tension cables and poles that were causing impediments in the construction of the Banaras Chowk Flyover. staff report

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