PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) has claimed that line losses have been decreased by one percent in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This was said during the 109th board of directors (BoD) meeting of PESCO, held at the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) House Peshawar on Friday. The meeting was chaired by PESCO BoD Chairman Malik Muhammad Asad Khan. The company’s secretary presented minutes of the 108th BoD meeting, which were approved after detailed discussions. The BoD hailed the officials’ efforts to curtail expenditures, which resulted in saving billions of rupees. According to details, around Rs 620 million were saved in the PC Pole Plant Jehangira, while around Rs 10 million were cut in the construction cost of two blocks in Wapda Colony, Sakhi Chashma. In the meeting, the BoD approved the revised discounted contract rates for construction of Category-III flats at Wapda Colony, Sakhi Chashma. The revised discounted contract rate of transformer reclamation workshop in Sarai Norang was also approved. Similarly, the creation of seven new sub-division offices in Swat Circle – Mingora, Barikot, Dewalai, Sakhakot, Batkhela, Chamla and Kanju – five in in Hazara Circle – Havilian, Damtor, Jinahabad, Manglor, and Sarai Niamat Khan – and four in Khyber Circle – Kotal Town, Babri Banda, Shakar Dara and Hayatabad-2 – was approved by the BoD. It also approved the upgrading of Katlang sub-office to sub-division and creation of Marghuz sub-division in Mardan Circle. PESCO Chief Executive Anwarul Haq Yousafzai gave a presentation to the board about the company’s performance and said that line losses had been decreased by one percent. He also said that PESCO employees had to be efficient for resolving consumer complaints.