ISLAMABAD: Upon submission of investigation report by the Investigation Committee constituted by the Authority to investigate the explosion of transformer on 22nd day of in Latifabad, Hyderabad resulting in loss of precious human lives and injuries to the general public, NEPRA has issued a show cause notice to Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO).
HESCO has also been directed by NEPRA to immediately improve its overall distribution network to avoid any such occurrence in future, said a press release. HESCO has been given 15 days to respond to the show cause notice after which the NEPRA shall decide the matter in accordance with the law. Earlier, while taking notice of this tragic incident in which 10 persons died and around 12 persons were injured, the Authority constituted an Investigation Committee under Section 27A of the NEPRA Act, 1997 to thoroughly investigate the matter in the light of NEPRA Laws, Rules and Regulations.
The Committee accordingly visited the site of the incident, recorded statements of the residents of the area and investigated the concerned officers/officials of HESCO from 25.07.2021 to 27.07.2021. Committee also carried out postmortem of the damaged/blasted transformer and visited its manufacturing company at Lahore and then presented a detailed report, on the basis of which the Authority decided to initiate legal proceedings against HESCO.
It may be recalled that a power transformer explosion in Unit 8, Latifabad, Hyderabad claimed ten lives. According to police due to the explosion, hot oil splitted from the Pole Mounted Transformer (PMT) which affected people nearby the pole including linemen of Hyderabad Electricity Supply Company (HESCO). The deceased were identified as Shujaat, Tabish, Waqas, Noman, Sajjad Qureshi, Nadeem and Fayaz.
The injured were shifted to Liaquat University Hospital’s Burns Ward from where those in critical conditions were referred to Karachi. Two of the injured persons, Suhail and Fayaz, were Linemen of Hyderabad Electric Supply Company. The explosion was so strong that three rickshaws and a motorcycle was also burnt. In a statement issued here, a HESCOs spokesman cited overloading of the power connections on 200 KV transformer as the reason of the blast.
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