BETTER T AND D MANAGEMENT IS THE ANSWER

The report of electric supply companies move to seek clearance from KERC to hike power tariffs is ridiculous. Tariff hike is not the answer for various financials problems faced by the electric supply companies. The answer lies in better transmission and distribution (T and D) management. It is reported that the average T and D loss of the supply companies is more than 20%. Apart from this, there is lethargy and rampant corruption in the above organization. The government should first clean up the power supply companies’ administration and should take steps to reduce the T and D loss to single digit.