--------ELECTRICITY & ITS PRICES BOMB EXPLOSION ON GENERAL PUBLIC Electricity tariff are being increased w.e.f. 1-10-2013. The increase in electricity tariffs has been worked out up to 60% which is a huge margin which is out of the reach of a lot of people. How the cart of life is being run by them, at least, the elite class could not imagine. I know that no one would be spare to acknowledge my writing and suggest the action to be taken upon them. However, I feel it my duty to give some airing to my proposals, if not accepted by the elite class, The people should not be burdened to such extent. It is a huge burden which may be beyond the means of common man/salary persons. I have the following points to offer for consideration: i) Power stealing may be stopped. Some actions were seen to catch the power stealers but now it seems that it has been stopped. There may be some agreement with the thieves of power. If it is completely stopped, then perhaps the necessity of increase in power to such extent would be unnecessary. The power theft by factories is on a large scale and it seems that each and every factory is involved. In this type of theft SDOs are involved. ii) Big fishes may be caught. Ordinary man cannot dare to steal the power. It is the people of WAPDA who facilitate the power stealers by taking monthly illegal gratifications. Along with the big fishes, Lineman, Meter Reader and Line Superintendent are the persons who are involved in power theft. They are the basic units which facilitate the power theft. iii) Free electricity to WAPDA employees be finished at once. Peoples have to take out processions for the supply of electricity and these employees are enjoying at the cost of the poor people and they are using free electricity without any hesitation as they have not to pay any bills. Maal Muft Dil Bereham. Their free units never come to end. Free electricity concession may be withdrawn at once. iv) Solar energy be used for domestic purposes. Small solar units which may be enough for a home may be allowed to be imported duty free. All taxes levied by Government on the import of such solar energy units may be waived off. By this way, the burden on the Government to supply electricity to such extent would be reduced. In the meantime, Investors be invited to invest in this field in Pakistan and production of solar units from small to big one be started within the country. v) After purchasing the meters, WAPDA sends them to its own laboratories so that their running may be set at a faster pace i.e. 20% more. This is another modus operandi to loot the general public. Whether the laboratories of WAPDA are more sophistically equipped than the manufacturers of such meters. If you have to check the meters compulsorily, these laboratories be operated under some other independent department so that WAPDA’s malpractices may come to end. vi) Meter Readers be made responsible for giving the meter reading to the owners of the meters. For this purpose, specific books be provided to the meter owners and on the date of reading, the Meter Reader may call for the book and write the date and reading of meter in this book. By this way it would also be advantageous that exact meter reading would be written and no objection whatsoever would be raised by the meter owner. vii) To show the line losses less, the Meter Readers take meter reading ordinarily on six or seventh of the month but on the bill it is mentioned as first day of the current month. By this way, sometimes slab of the tariff is changed and the meter owner has to pay more. This practice be stopped. viii) The Meter Reader would show his quality and loyalty to WAPDA and take less meter reading and those units left behind would be counted for in the next month so that more money be extracted for WAPDA from general public. The Meter Reader will never give the benefit of 200 units because of his cleverness. He is the source of electricity stealing within the houses. He helps the corrupt people in stealing the electricity. He rewind the meter back. Cottage industry is progressing day by day du to Meter Reader. ix) On the poor people sometime electricity bomb is fired and sometime petrol bomb is exploded. Why Government is not reducing its expenses? The Government seems to be rich and the people of this country are the poorest. Sometime sui gas prices are increased. TV licences fee are enhanced. Sui gas security fee are increased manifold. The tyranny is that the security fee increase has to be collected from the people who has taken connection earlier. What is the logic behind TV fee increase. See the electricity bill. You will find that it has become a collection centre. Neelum Jehlum surcharge is being received from a lot of years before. What is its logic. Whether Neelum Jehlum project will provide free electricity to the general public. Fuel adjustment is another head for looting the people. Electricity Duty is levied. General Sales Tax is also collected. x) On defeat of PPP, Mr. Zardari gave a statement that it was their blunder/mistake that they did not divert the funds earmarked for Benazir Income Support to electricity side. If that has been done, we have not met with defeat. You have not learnt any lesson from the defeat of PPP. You are doing the same mistakes which PPP did. Whether do you called it a change? Use BISF to give subsidy to the poor people. Likewise, petrol prices be controlled by adjustment of government taxes/duties.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 01:41:26 +0000
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