Friday, May 16, 2008, Jamadi-ul-Awwal 9, 1429    

PESCO lauds public cooperation

Staff Reporter

Peshawar — PESCO highly appreciates the cooperation of public extended during this time of calamity when some unknown miscreants blew up Tower No 331 of 500 KV Sheikh Muhammadi Transmission line the other night which disrupted the power supply to Peshawar and its adjoining areas. The people of Peshawar and its adjoining areas are showing patriotic spirit and are standing with Pesco at this critical situation of energy shortage.
Pesco is well aware about the difficulties of the people. Wapda / Pesco experts and engineers have already started the rehabilitation and construction work to erect the Electricity Tower on war footing basis for which 120 feet long Electricity Tower from Faisalabad has already reached at the site. But the erection of 18 ton Heavy electricity Tower was not an easy task due to its length and weight the tower is being erected in three parts. 70 feet high portion of the tower has been erected while the work to erect the remaining tower is underway which will be completed soon and after errection stinging and conductring of cables, the power supply will be restored. It is worth mentioning here that due to this sabotage activity Wapda / Pesco sustained Rs.7 million material losses and million of rupees loss was faced in shape of non sale of electricity.
Chief Executive Pesco Muhammad Qasim Khan, Chief Engineer (Technical) Nawaz Ali Khan and Chief Engineer.