Over Rs7.81m recovered from 81 Lesco defaulters

LAHORE: Lahore Electric Supply Company has recovered more than Rs7.81 million from 81 dead defaulters in all the five districts - Lahore, Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib, Kasur and Okara - on the 225th day of its recovery campaign.

Lesco spokesman told media here Wednesday that Superintending Engineer (SE) Nisar Sarwar has recovered outstanding dues of Rs0.83 million from 12 defaulters in Northern Circle; SE Umar Bilal recovered Rs0.71 million from six defaulters in Eastern Circle; SE (Central Circle) recovered Rs1.63 million from 14 defaulters; SE (South Circle) collected Rs0.24 million from seven defaulters; SE (Nankana Circle) recovered Rs0.41 million from 13 defaulters; SE Najamul Hassan recovered Rs2.61 million from 11 defaulters in Sheikhupura Circle; SE Jamshed Zaman collected Rs0.42 million from four defaulters in Okara Circle and SE Ahmed Shahzad Chughtai recovered Rs0.96 million from 14 defaulters in Kasur Circle. During the 225 days, the spokesman added that the Lesco under the supervision of Director (Customer Services) Sarwar Mughal has recovered a total of Rs4.63 billion outstanding dues from 103,601 dead defaulters. He elaborated that up till now the company has collected Rs669.38m from 15,047 defaulters in Northern Circle; Rs990.04m from 13,622 defaulters in Eastern Circle; Rs655.57m from 11,748 defaulters in Central Circle; Rs275.75m from 6,147 defaulters in South Circle; Rs438.04 million from 8,988 defaulters in Nankana.