No transformer repair workshop in Chitral.

CHITRAL -- The consumers have to bear the expenses of fixing the faulty power transformers as the Peshawar Electricity Supply Company has no workshop for the purpose in Chitral.

Pesco's nearest transformer repairing workshop is situated in Chakdara, and if a broken down transformer is needed to be transported from Chitral the transportation charges have also to be paid by the consumers.

The consumers complained that the Pesco officials asked them either to get the faulty transformers repaired from the private workshops in Chitral or wait for the time till it was transported to Chakdara and brought back after repair that often took weeks.

They accused the power company of also not maintaining spare transformers in Chitral to readily replace the faulty ones.

Former Jughoor village nazim Sajjad Ahmed Khan said recently the local people contributed funds to repair a transformer after it developed fault from a private workshop in Chitral. He said that a power transformer in the adjoining Denin village developed fault twice during Ramazan, and locals got it repaired on both the times on self-help...