"The KE is receiving bills but never installed electricity meters to shops. The temporary electricity connections to the shops continue to cause short-circuits and result in gutting of millions of rupees goods," Chairman All Karachi Tajir Ittehad, Atiq Mir said.
The Fire Brigade is also chaotic which has never responded to any fire incidents promptly and is poorly equipped, he said, adding that the traders were holding a protest rally against both organizations for their 'deliberate' negligence that scaled up risks for the businessmen.
"The poorly organized Fire Brigade continues to inflict millions of rupees losses on the public for its weak system holds up its performance," he said, adding that the department was also short of skills and equipment. He said that the KE and Fire Brigade were equally increasing threats to the public property and safety. He asked the government to pay compensation to the traders for loss of their property to such untoward fire incidents and equip the Fire Brigade with latest extinguishing instrument and its officials with skills.