The bureaucracy has scammed Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif and electricity consumers over the provincial government’s announcement of providing electricity relief of fourteen rupees per unit.
Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) sources told Geo News that electricity bill relief was only served to single-phase consumer meters, while three-phase consumer meters were exempted.
Despite the announcement by CM Punjab of fourteen rupees unit relief for consumers, the Power Ministry advised giving relief to just single-phase meter consumers.
LESCO sources clarified that no relief is given to three-phase meter consumers this month and explained that three-phase meters are commercial meters and, technically, do not fall in the relief category.
Earlier, CM Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif announced a fourteen-rupee relief for consumers using up to five hundred electricity units per month on their September and October bills.
The relief was granted after the Punjab government decided to cut its development budget and subsidise the small electricity consumers.
