Okara: Peasants stage sit-in against Electricity overbilling
Pakistan Kisan Ittehad sit-in continues on GT Road near Okara against Electricity overbilling.
According to details, Pakistan Kisan Ittehad staged sit-in near Okara Bypass after failure of talks with federal government on electricity overbilling.
The sit-in, which is going on for the past 14 hours, caused huge traffic jam on both sides of the Okara Bypass on GT Road. People trapped in the traffic jam are facing hardships.
The protesters also blocked railway track by placing container on it as a result several trains, including Tezgam, Business Express and Jaffar Express, were sent back to Lahore while Khyber Mail was returned to Karachi.
The protesters while talking to media said that they informed Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf about the overbilling upon which the PM formed a committee comprising Federal Ministers Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo and Khursheed Shah to look into the matter. They blamed that the said committee did nothing in this regard.
Meanwhile, vice president of Pakistan Kisan Ittehad has vowed to continue sit-in till acceptance of their demands.
