{"id":62414,"date":"2020-03-08T22:23:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=62414"},"modified":"2020-03-06T18:46:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T13:46:30","slug":"power-companies-directed-to-disconnect-power-for-major-defaulters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/power-companies-directed-to-disconnect-power-for-major-defaulters.html","title":{"rendered":"Power companies directed to disconnect power for major defaulters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Power Division has directed power companies, including the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO), to disconnect power connections for 50 major defaulters that fall under their jurisdiction \u2014 a news source reported. As per the publication, Section Officer Distribution Companies (DISCOs) Muhammad Asad Saleem issued the notices to all power companies in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-offers-extension-agriculture-power-consumers-pay-fpa-charges.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Govt offers extension to agriculture power consumers to pay FPA charges (opens in a new tab)\">Govt offers extension to agriculture power consumers to pay FPA charges<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the details available, the Section Officer has\ndirected the power companies to disconnect the connections for 50 \u201crunning\ndefaulters\u201d. The companies have to disconnect the power of these accused\nindividuals and submit a compliance report by March 6 to the Power Division. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After receiving the notice, LESCO has begun taking action against its major defaulters. A number of defaulters include major factories and workshops, whose connections have now been disconnected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-inaugurates-1320mw-power-plant-in-hub.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PM inaugurates 1,320MW power plant in Hub (opens in a new tab)\">PM inaugurates 1,320MW power plant in Hub<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In December last year, the Power Division had managed to recover\nPKR 1.368 billion during an anti-theft drive, and had successfully reduced line\nlosses by 1.4%. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Power Division has directed power companies, including the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO), to disconnect power connections for 50 major defaulters that fall under their jurisdiction \u2014 a news source reported. As per the publication, Section Officer Distribution Companies (DISCOs) Muhammad Asad Saleem issued the notices to all power companies in the country. Read: Govt offers extension to agriculture power consumers to pay FPA charges According to the details available, the Section Officer has directed the power companies to disconnect the connections for 50 \u201crunning defaulters\u201d. The companies have to disconnect the power of these accused individuals and submit a compliance report by March 6 to the Power Division. After receiving the notice, LESCO has begun taking action against its major defaulters. A number of defaulters include major factories and workshops, whose connections have now been disconnected. Read: PM inaugurates 1,320MW power plant in Hub In December last year, the Power Division had managed to recover PKR 1.368 billion during an anti-theft drive, and had successfully reduced line losses by 1.4%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":60310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[22255],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-power-companies-directed-to-disconnect-power-for-major-defaulters","9":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Power companies directed to disconnect power for major defaulters - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Power Division has directed power companies, including the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO), to disconnect power connections for 50\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/power-companies-directed-to-disconnect-power-for-major-defaulters.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Power companies directed to disconnect power for major defaulters - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The Power Division has directed power companies, including the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO), to disconnect power connections for 50\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/power-companies-directed-to-disconnect-power-for-major-defaulters.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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