The KESC has divided the city into various categories; the categories are made in regard to the people of the area who have a good record in paying their bills. The loadshedding is then divided which seems quiet fair. The residents of areas who pay regular electricity bills get less loadshedding and the areas with bad payment records get maximum loadshedding. While this classification may appear reasonable to KESC, it becomes totally unfair when a locality with excellent payment record is lumped with another with the worst payment recorded and penalized accordingly. Also, since the collection of bills or disconnection of power line in case of default is the responsibility of the KESC, there is no reason why consumers who pay their bills regularly should be penalized for the default of others over which they have no control and for which they should not be held responsible.
Residents of sector 18 in KDA Scheme 33, Gulzar-e Hijree, Karachi with various housing societies like PCSIR, State Bank, Karachi University Employees, Gwalior etc, which experienced no loadshedding over the last two years, meaning they were good payers, suddenly started being subjected to five hours loadshedding  daily in three spells, with no loadshedding on Sundays, but then the hours started increasing and now the areas get about three hours outages at a time, three times a day, adding up to total nine hours of agony. At the same time, I understand there are localities in Karachi which are subjected to no outages. I know in the present circumstances, the scourge cannot be avoided but it should be apportioned over different localities equitably instead of the present policy of favouring some and strangulating others, for no fault of theirs.
S.R.H. HASHMI,
Karachi, October 03