LAHORE:Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) authorities have suspended two of its officials in the Canal Road Sub-Division on the charges of facilitating electricity pilferers by installing bogus meters.
According to the company’s spokesman here Monday, the two officials namely Raza Malik (Meter Reader) and Faisal Ramzan (Assistant Lineman) were allegedly conniving in the electricity theft by installing bogus meters at the property of respective customers. The SDO Canal Road Suleman Samuel while taking departmental action suspended both the officials, he added.
He mentioned that following directives of the LESCO Chief Executive Officer Engineer Shahid Haider, the erring officials were also being taken to task during the ongoing anti-power theft campaign. The CEO says that power pilferers are the enemy of the country and the nation. “We are determined to end electricity theft from the LESCO region”.