Outdated KESC system cause electricity crisis: PM

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Outdated KESC system cause electricity crisis: PM

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01 August,2009 10:00 pm

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Saturday that electricity problem in Karachi will be solved after revamping the old system by KESC management which is the basic root-cause of present day situating. He was addressing a press conference after a meeting with the KESC Management at KESC Head Office in Karachi. Earlier, in a briefing the KESC Management apprised the Prime Minister about power supply situation, the problems being faced and their future planning viz-a-viz investment in the KESC. He observed that in order to solve the existing power supply problem, the KESCs capacity has to be enhanced and its system revamped, which has grown obsolete. Yousuf Raza Gilani informed that as a follow up to the Cabinet Ministers Committee meeting held in Karachi, the owners of the company have been invited for a meeting to be held in Islamabad on August 5 to get KESCs financial information from them and their investment plan. He said the Cabinet Ministers Committee is holding its meetings on daily basis and is meeting various stakeholders to resolve the issue of energy crisis. He said for Karachi it has been directed to hold meetings with the Chamber, industrialists, Chief Minister, City Government and other stakeholders to find out a solution to the issue and in this regard all out efforts are being made. The present government is facing various problems including energy crisis and all these will stand solved through our hands, he declared.