The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) and the Capital Development Authority (CDA) have yet to carry out an investigation to determine how much power the streetlights in Islamabad actually consume.
Both entities have been at odds for quite some time over the question of electricity consumption by the streetlights, resulting in controversy over the CDA’s power bill.
“On June 4, we decided to carry out the investigation, but so far no progress has been made in this regard as Iesco is not giving us time,” CDA’s Shahid Sohail said.
“After failing to get a favourable response from Iesco we conducted the survey of streetlights in F-6 sector on our own and submitted a report to Iesco which is lying unattended with the company,” he added.
Meanwhile, CDA spokesperson Asim Khichi feared that if the stand-off between the two persists, it would lead to situation similar to one that occurred in April and May this year, when the electricity connection of the CDA head office remained cut off for 40 days.
