QESCO receivables reach Rs46bn

QUETTA: QESCO Chief Engineer Operations Balochistan Engineer Akbar Shah on Thursday said that an amount of Rs46 billion was outstanding against various public and private entities in Balochistan.

Talking to APP, he added that out of the total an amount of Rs32 billion was outstanding against growers and Rs6 billion against various public departments.

He said that the federal cabinet withdrew the subsidy announced by Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani for growers of Balochistan adding that growers now have to pay their charges on monthly basis.

He hinted action against illegal tubewells which he numbered to around 4,000 and said that these illegal tubewells were actually causing issues of low voltage and power load shedding.

He said that Qesco filed FIR against 11 tubewells, which were operating illegally. The FIR was later withdrawn on the directives of the Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Khan Raisani who directed for regularization of the tubewells instead.

He said that the Qesco has advertised the process of regularization of tubewells through newspapers. After the deadline action would be taken against non regular tubewells. (APP)