Hundreds of Farmers Stand Against Overbilling by Mepco

Hundreds of farmers staged a demonstration against overbilling and high tariff in front of the Multan Electric Power Company Headquarters here on Monday.

The protesting farmers led by Pakistan Kisan Ittehad chairman Ch Anwar blocked the Khanewal Road by parking their tractor-trolleys. They also tried to besiege the Mepco Headquarters but a heavy contingent of police foiled their attempt. The protesters said that the Mepco had allegedly sent them inflated tubewell bills, which they were unable to pay.

They alleged that the Mepco officers did not rectify the bills according to a government’s commitment made in a meeting with the PKI leaders. They further alleged that the Mepco had started disconnecting connections of tube-wells instead of following the government commitment.

They said that the agriculture sector was badly hit by loadshedding, but the situation became worse when the Mepco issued inflated tubewell bills to them. They said that the agriculture power tariff had crushed the small farmers. Unstable prices of agriculture commodities were also affecting the small famers.

Speaking on the occasion, PKI Chairman Chaudhry Anwar demanded implementation of tariff agreement finalised between the government and the PKI. He alleged that the government had disconnected the power supply to tubewells due to non-payment of the inflated bills.

He said the overbilling issue was not only restricted to the Mepco but all power distribution companies did the same practice to increase their revenue and cover lines losses. He said that the Mepco had installed the SIM metering system with the cooperation of the USAID, but it failed to stop overbilling.

Source: The News

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