The federal government is actively evaluating the possibility of eliminating the current electricity meter reading system as it often removes consumers from protected electricity categories or pushes them into higher slabs despite their actual monthly consumption staying within the lower category.
The Power Division and related authorities are reviewing the meter reading system, with a decision expected within a few days.
There has been an increase in the percentage of domestic protected consumers in April and May this year compared to last year, but a significant drop in June. The pro rata system calculates monthly bills based on a 30-day cycle, with readings sometimes taken before the cycle ends, leading to charges based on estimated consumption.
Many consumers view the system as a fraudulent scheme to cover up commercial and technical line losses. Complaints have surfaced about meter readers allegedly providing inaccurate data, resulting in incorrect billing and pushing consumers out of the protected category.
Consumers have reported cases where meter readers recorded readings with incorrect dates, leading to overestimated charges. Despite lodging complaints and providing evidence, affected consumers claim that their grievances remain unaddressed and have called for an investigation into what they describe as a scam.
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The Govt. Should introduce System, like Mobile Charging, Cards be issued, and can be inserted in the Meter to be charged. The Kunda System, be abolished and those, who are supporting and involved, must be punished. The line losses and Electricity Theft issues be resolved immediately, as good Customers, have to pay for it, as also paying for wrong and false bills, with wrong reading, and Meter reading not done timely. Now such issue may be resolved seriously, as Creating Law and Order situation and people are on the streets. And those who has been issued Wrong and false Bills, may be fully adjusted and not on Installments. The refund may be made immediately, to calm down the situation, as very much tension is there.
Do whatever you want to, there will be no respite for the people. In this highly corrupt set-up where only the mafia’s writ prevails, you cannot expect any good.
Why they are exploring? Just hire a good electrical engineer and that’s it. What’s the big deal?
Govt is so incompetent that they make news of simple things.
There is no need to install any other meter,as people do not have trust in electricity department specifically their Meter readers or there corrupt officers who push to he meter readers to take readings lately to increase used unit numbers, Government should make an app and advise the users to take their reading by using this app on specific dates fixed for the reading date,by this they can get rid of this meter reading system and everything will be done through an app by the user himself!
And, you are right. And with the help of an APP, they can also get rid of high amount of salaries they are paying to there readers..
There should be death penalty for power theft and public should be given 1 month warning before this becomes official law and a operation against electricity theft should be done from lowest position in the discos to the highest also the same for nepra ntdc and wapda and all other relevant departments and institutions which allow power theft aur uske baad ap dekho Pakistan ka power crisis kese khatam hota hai 1 month ke ander inshallah this is the same hath katne wali saza for theft in saudi Arabia sharia law
Here is a solution
* Remove all subsidy
* Build a system where poor households get surveyed and added to the protected category.
Right now hundreds of thousands well off Pakistani are benefitting from the current system by installing as much as half a dozen meters in their homes.
Unfair with the Protected to Pushed them into the unprotected to overcome their (WAPDA) line loses and cover Corruption as well