FESCO will repair 5000 transformers annually

The capacity of FESCO Transformer Reclamation Workshop has been doubled now. TRW now would be able to repair 5 thousand transformers instead of 2400 annually. Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) Board of Directors (BOD) approved the 23.6 million rupees to enhance the capacity of TRW while approval has also been granted for the establishment of Transformer Workshop at Sargodha.
According to details, FESCO Transformer Reclamation Workshop was repairing 2400 transformer annually. In view of high demand of transformers repairing FESCO BOD approved to double the capacity of workshop with an estimated cost of Rs 23.6 million, after completion of Civil Works and installation of machinery the capacity of workshop has been doubled. Now this workshop would complete the repairing of 5000 transformers till June 2017.
Similarly, BOD also approved the establishment of Transformer Workshop at Sargodha so that the burnt transformer of Bhakkar, Khushab, and Mianwali could be repaired at Sargodha and consumers also be facilitated at their door steps. Thus FESCO would not only save million of rupees in shape of transportation expenditures but wastage of time would also be saved.
CEO FESCO Rashid Ahmed Aslam visited the transformer workshop and inspected the different parts of work and its quality. He appreciated the BOD's decision and said that this would be helpful to reduce the burden from this workshop and consumers of Sargodha Division would be facilitated at local level. Superintending Engineer (SE) M&T Bilal Arshad and EXEN (TRW) Rao Mubashar Hayat were also present during this visit.