On the special directives of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) Rashid Ahmed Aslam FESCO has started Automated Meter Reading (AMR) pilot project at Madina Town and Tandlianwala Sub Divisions. The FESCO is the first Distribution Company of Pakistan, which started AMR project, under this project 2500 electricity meters would be installed in Madina Town and 7000 in Tandlianwala Sub Division.

After the successful installation AMR meters in Madina Town and Tandlianwala Sub Divisions this project would be launched in all eight districts in FESCO jurisdiction. Under the AMR Project three phase and MDI electricity would be equipped with Global System for Mobile (GSM) technology which would also connected with FESCO Computer Centre and thus reading of these meters would be recorded though GSM signals on real time basis.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2016