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Chapter 42

WAPDA/MEPCO

The first local office of WAPDA in Muzaffargarh was established in 1977 with
Muhammad Azhar, Executive Engineer, appointed as its head on January
14, 1977. Muzaffargarh Circle is now part of Multan Electric Power Company
(MEPCO), and is headed by a Superintending Engineer. There are 4
Divisions, each under the charge of an Executive Engineer, and 20 Sub-
Divisions, each headed by a Sub-Divisional Officer, in the Circle. The existing
strength is 573 employees which includes 34 officers, 362 technical and 177
non-technical staff members. Besides District Muzaffargarh, Layyah also
constitutes part of the Muzaffargarh Circle.

Total number of consumers in the Circle is 832746, which includes 742406
Domestic, 73849 Commercial, 4622 Official, 5848 Industrial, 29 Bulk, 5754
Agriculture, and 193 other connections. There are 4 Grid Stations of 66 KV
and 14 of 132 KV. In addition, 2 independent grid stations, i.e. a 132 KV Grid
Station owned by Ahmed Hassan Textile Mills and another 220 KV Grid
Station owned by PARCO, are also part of the Muzaffargarh Circle.
Construction of a new 132 KV Grid Station at Khan Pur Bagga Sher is
underway. Similarly, land arrangement for new grid stations at Shah Jamal
and Chak No 139-ML Kot Addu is also under process.

There are 161 Feeders in the Circle, including 41 Dedicated and 120
Distribution Feeders, having average length of 55 km. The number of
transformers installed is 14744. The length of High Tension (HT) Lines in the
Circle is 8851 km and that of Low Tension is 6431 km.

Total load demand of the Muzaffargarh Circle is 458 MW whereas the
running position during June 2019 remained 450 MW. During 2017-18,
2035.3 million units were received in the system whereas the number of
units sold remained 1777.5; the line losses were 12.7 %, i.e. 257.8 million
units. However, the recovery of due payments during the same period
remained 100%.

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