Lesco works out Rs237.38m worth of flood losses

The recent rains and floods caused massive loss to the infrastructure of the Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco). Since the assessment of damages calculated by the company amounts to Rs237.38 million, the efforts to repair and replace the affected material have been accelerated, according to Lesco’s Chief Executive Officer Muhammad Ramzan Butt. The Lesco’s Kasur circle topped in suffering Rs197.43m loss, followed by Okara and central circles that faced loss of Rs24.96m and Rs6.35m, respectively. The company’s north circle faced Rs1m loss, as the material affected by floods included one 25kV transformer, three structures measuring 45 feet each, 450 conductors, six defuse sets, five steel-ax arms, two defuse steel x-arms, nine pin insulators (11kV).