Jahan Bean | Faisal Ali Khan | ARY News | Electricity Bill in Karachi | 3rd August 2024
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00:00Assalam-o-Alaikum, wherever you are, I am Faisal Ali Khan.
00:05How are you all? I am sure by looking at the background, you must have guessed what we are talking about today.
00:10So this is a very sensitive issue.
00:13And let me tell you one very important thing.
00:15The current electricity unit is more than 60 rupees in Pakistan.
00:19On which every person has screamed.
00:22Whether it is the business class or the jobless class.
00:25And people are confused at the moment.
00:27If we compare it with our neighboring country, India.
00:29If we convert it into Pakistani Rupees, it will be 21 rupees.
00:33If we go to Bangladesh, it will be 20 rupees.
00:36If we go to Sri Lanka, it will be 27 rupees.
00:39And if we go to Afghanistan, it will be 15 rupees.
00:43So what else will come out of this?
00:45These are the things that will happen.
00:46We will go to the markets, talk to people.
00:48They will give you everything that we want to give.
00:51And we will request the rulers to think about something.
00:54The problem of overbilling is everyone's problem.
00:56It is the problem of the whole of Pakistan.
00:57Whether it is Lahore or Pindi or Islamabad.
00:59Whether it is an area of Punjab or Sindh or Balochistan or KPK.
01:02Whatever it is.
01:03I am present in Karachi.
01:04In Orangi Town.
01:05And in Orangi Town, I will especially show you that the overbilling.
01:08Small houses are made here.
01:09People have two rooms.
01:10And there is a fan in it or two fans.
01:12Or what is the saver?
01:13And their bills are talking to the sky.
01:15Let's come.
01:17Okay, the people you are seeing are standing with the bill.
01:19They are standing with the bill of K-Electric.
01:21And we are talking about overbilling.
01:23There is a load shedding.
01:24Electricity comes.
01:25No electricity comes.
01:26No electricity comes.
01:27But all these people who are standing here.
01:28There are women in this.
01:29These poor women who live in the houses.
01:31They are traveling a lot.
01:33Because there are fights between each other.
01:35Inside the houses.
01:36What is this, sir?
01:37This is a house of 80 acres.
01:39Two houses are made.
01:40Two fans are installed.
01:41Look at this.
01:42The bill is of 45,000 rupees.
01:44The child will be fed.
01:46Or the house will be run.
01:48Women are doing hard labor.
01:49They have become helpless.
01:5115,000-20,000 rupees.
01:52People are working.
01:53People are playing.
01:55People are digging the soil.
01:57Will they feed the children?
01:59Or will they pay the bill?
02:01So this is for a month?
02:03It is for a month, sir.
02:04There is no installment.
02:05There is no remittance.
02:06So how much is the house?
02:07Look at this.
02:08The house is in front of the lane.
02:09Look at this.
02:10The bill is of 10,000 rupees.
02:11For a month.
02:12Look at that.
02:1315,000 rupees.
02:14Bring it, brother.
02:15Bring it.
02:16This bill is of 21,000 rupees.
02:17What will this poor man do?
02:18What will he do?
02:19The people who run the stalls.
02:20The people who do hard labor.
02:21Will they feed the children?
02:22Or will they pay the bill?
02:23Sir, my child is going to earn.
02:24And the bill is of 21,000 rupees.
02:25It is a three-bedroom house.
02:26How will we pay?
02:27This happens every time.
02:28This happens every time.
02:29There is no relief here.
02:30Go to the office.
02:31Tell them, whatever has come, you will have to pay.
02:32If you don't pay, they will cut your collection.
02:33This is the cruelty with us.
02:34And this is for a month.
02:35How much was it before?
02:36How much was it before?
02:37How much was it before?
02:38How much was it before?
02:39How much was it before?
02:40How much was it before?
02:41How much was it before?
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02:44How much was it before?
02:45How much was it before?
02:46How much was it before?
02:47How much was it before?
02:48How much was it before?
02:49How much was it before?
02:50How much was it before?
02:51How much was it before?
02:52How much was it before?
02:53How much was it before?
02:54How much was it before?
02:55How much was it before?
02:56How much was it before?
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02:58How much was it before?
02:59How much was it before?
03:00How much was it before?
03:01How much was it before?
03:02How much was it before?
03:03How much was it before?
03:04How much was it before?
03:05How much was it before?
03:06How much was it before?
03:07How much was it before?
03:08How much was it before?
03:09How much was it before?
03:11The electricity bill has gone even higher now.
03:15We have only used up 22 units of electricity,
03:17so our total bill is Rs. 250 and 15.
03:19We heard that the 300 units charge only how much you pay back.
03:25But pictures came up something like this?
03:29In a commercial power plant, the bill of cheap electricity
03:33comes to something around Rs. 114 for the electricity unit.
03:38Rs. 2,515 for 22 minutes.
03:39Rs. 114 per unit.
03:43Rs. 2,515 for 22 minutes.
03:45And if we go to the residential area,
03:48it's about Rs. 60 per unit.
03:51This is the situation.
03:52How much is it?
03:52Rs. 12,000.
03:53Rs. 12,000?
03:54Now tell me.
03:55We'll keep it in the account of the earners.
03:57We got it stormed once.
03:59And the bill was Rs. 2.5 lakhs.
04:00We brought it till Rs. 80.
04:02A bill of Rs. 2.5 lakhs?
04:03We keep it on the house.
04:04Every month, we get a storm of Rs. 1,000.
04:05When did it come?
04:06It came 3-4 months ago.
04:08A bill of Rs. 2.5 lakhs?
04:09Yes, I'm filling it in the stall.
04:11So you didn't use any fan or electricity?
04:12No, nothing.
04:15There's a fan downstairs.
04:16You can come and see it in our house.
04:18We get air upstairs.
04:19It's a 45-storey house.
04:20Now I've brought you to a palace
04:23called Akhtari Palace.
04:25And there are a lot of people here
04:27whose bill is about Rs. 2.5 lakhs.
04:31This is your bill?
04:32Yes.
04:32Rs. 2.5 lakhs.
04:34And how much are you paying?
04:35Rs. 1,000 per month.
04:38And I pay the current bill.
04:39And what's the current bill?
04:40Sometimes it's Rs. 3,500.
04:42Sometimes it's Rs. 5,000.
04:43So how did you get Rs. 2.5 lakhs?
04:46I've put a kunda on it.
04:47I've been there 6 times because I was sick.
04:50I've gone up to the top.
04:52They say you've put a kunda on it.
04:53Yes, they say I've put a kunda on it.
04:55I didn't put a kunda on it.
04:57You didn't show any proof?
04:57No, I didn't show any proof.
04:59I asked Mr. Rao to meet me.
05:01I met Mr. Rao.
05:02Who is Mr. Rao?
05:03He's upstairs.
05:04Okay, so you don't meet him.
05:05He doesn't meet me.
05:06Why would he meet you?
05:08Because I don't pay the bill.
05:09He doesn't have a job.
05:10He's upstairs, so he should meet me.
05:12Mr. Rao, you'll have to meet someone from time to time.
05:14You'll have to go up.
05:15You'll have to give an answer.
05:16You'll get a lot of questions like this.
05:18Why didn't you meet him when people came?
05:21Think about this, Mr. Rao.
05:23Come, I'll take you to the palace.
05:25Show me your palace.
05:26Look at this.
05:27Their TV is also broken.
05:28If the cameraman shows me my face, I'll tell you.
05:31Their TV is also broken.
05:33And this is just one room.
05:34There's just one washroom.
05:35Yes, this is the washroom.
05:36I'll show you the first one.
05:37Wow, wow, wow, you guessed it.
05:39And how many family members are there?
05:40We have three children, one husband and wife, five.
05:43Okay.
05:44Husband and wife, and three?
05:46Five people.
05:46There are five people in total.
05:47Look at this, I'll show you.
05:48The light is on from here.
05:50This is the button.
05:51This is just one.
05:53There's just one washroom.
05:54When the washroom is used, the light will be on.
05:57Okay.
05:57After that, it will be off.
05:59You guessed it, man.
06:00I swear to God, I feel very strange while speaking.
06:03Which one do you want to put on?
06:05Do you know who survives the most in the heat?
06:08Men and boys sit outside all night.
06:11They sit on the beach and spend the night.
06:13But the mothers, sisters and daughters survive the most.
06:16They can't get out of the house.
06:17And where do the people with curtains go?
06:20They can go to the balcony.
06:20There's no air in the balcony.
06:22So what will they do?
06:29This is the house whose wedding hall is going on.
06:33And they're paying a bill of Rs. 45,000 from the wedding hall.
06:36Is this true?
06:37Yes.
06:38Look, a patient is lying on the bed.
06:39My husband has passed away.
06:40A patient is lying on the bed.
06:41We go to the hospital every day.
06:43The cost is Rs. 3,000, Rs. 4,000.
06:44We go to the patient and see how he's lying on the bed.
06:47He has cancer.
06:48So how did you pay this bill of Rs. 45,000?
06:50What can I do?
06:50I'm forced to do it.
06:51I've sent all the kids to school.
06:54All the kids go to school.
06:54So how do you earn money?
06:55Do you get a pension?
06:56No, there's no pension.
06:57I have two kids.
06:58I have a cart.
06:59The kids have a cart.
07:00The small kids have a cart.
07:02And they're paying Rs. 45,000 from somewhere.
07:04They're paying it from somewhere.
07:05They're asking someone's brother or mother to get it from them.
07:06They're humiliating them.
07:07That's why they're paying the bill.
07:13How much is your bill?
07:14Look, first of all, I'll tell you that my bill right now is...
07:18I force a lot on my family.
07:21Are you showing the bill for the house?
07:22Yes, this is the bill for the house.
07:23How much is it?
07:24This is about Rs. 8,500.
07:26Okay.
07:27And how many rooms are there in total?
07:28There are two rooms.
07:29Okay.
07:31And there's a small kitchen.
07:32Okay.
07:33And there's a small garden.
07:34Okay.
07:35It's 60 square feet.
07:36And how many kids do you have in the house?
07:37There are three kids in the house.
07:38How much did it cost before?
07:39It used to cost Rs. 1,200, Rs. 1,100, Rs. 800, Rs. 900.
07:42Was there a Kundal earlier?
07:43Brother, earlier, this unit, these taxes were not applicable to us.
07:49Okay.
07:50Earlier, the charges for the simple meter used to be that.
07:53And the bill, the unit's money used to be that.
07:56Okay.
07:57And that too, Rs. 3 per unit, Rs. 4 per unit.
07:59Look, what's going on per unit right now is Rs. 25, Rs. 30 per house and Rs. 35 to Rs. 40 per house.
08:06This unit is above Rs. 60.
08:09It's Rs. 65.
08:10It's gone towards Rs. 65.
08:12Look, I'm not that much.
08:13The commercial is different.
08:14The commercial is different.
08:15I'm not even counting the tax.
08:16I'm just looking at that.
08:17And there are taxes in your bill too.
08:18Absolutely.
08:19Absolutely.
08:20You're saying the right thing.
08:21I'm guessing Rs. 94.
08:22Yes, you're guessing.
08:23Rs. 94.
08:24It's a commercial.
08:25And it's a residential, as you say.
08:26The situation is strange in that.
08:27What will the person do?
08:29What will the person do?
08:30The person will commit suicide.
08:31The people here have come to this position that they are thinking that we should kill
08:36ourselves.
08:37Yes, sir.
08:38Yes.
08:39These were the meters of my two houses, which one father had shut down, of which zero units
08:43were coming permanently.
08:44It's not that the people were checking and going.
08:47Zero was coming.
08:48Okay.
08:49And for how long was zero coming?
08:50It was zero for many years.
08:51Okay.
08:52It's written here.
08:53January 2022.
08:54After 22 and 22, then October and all this December.
08:59Even after 22 and 23?
09:00Yes.
09:01Has it been in 23 too?
09:02No, it's in 23.
09:03What is this now?
09:04It's zero.
09:05We turned on the meter.
09:06As soon as it turned on, they sent a bill of more than one lakh.
09:10You can see here.
09:11First it was zero when it was closed, but as soon as it was turned on, it has been
09:14sent a bill of one lakh.
09:15Our biggest problem is about electricity.
09:16Now when we get a bill of Rs. 199, it is charged.
09:17We have problems when it comes to electricity.
09:18The biggest problem we have is about electricity.
09:22When we get a bill of Rs.199, it charges Rs.4,500.
09:30And when we get a bill of Rs.201, it charges Rs.9,500.
09:35So when we calculated, Rs.4,800 is a reasonable amount.
09:41And the rest of the money is not reasonable.
09:44Why is it not reasonable?
09:46The rich people travel around in big cars.
09:50They use our money to get electricity.
09:52They use our money to get electricity for free.
09:56And the poor people who live here, they should be ashamed.
10:00They have a salary of lakhs of rupees.
10:02How would they feel?
10:04We are the blood of the poor.
10:11How much did you get for over-billing?
10:14We got a bill of Rs.15,000 this month.
10:17How much did you get normally?
10:19Normally, we used to get Rs.7,000-8,000.
10:21But this time, we got double.
10:23We have a shop nearby.
10:25They gave us a bill of Rs.35,000.
10:27What kind of shop is that?
10:29It's a combined shop.
10:31Did you go to the electrician?
10:33Yes, we did.
10:34But they don't know how to talk.
10:36They don't talk at all.
10:37They say, you have to pay the bill.
10:39You have to pay the bill.
10:40Whatever it is, you have to pay the bill.
10:42You have to sell household items.
10:44You have to sell yourself.
10:46You have to pay the bill.
10:47Absolutely.
10:48Believe me, I have a salary of Rs.23,000.
10:50Now I am paying a bill of Rs.15,000.
10:52What will I give at home?
10:54There is another gentleman who wants to say something.
10:56Assalam-o-Alaikum, sir.
10:58I would like to make a request to you.
11:00I have a bill of Rs.5,280.
11:02Okay.
11:03A bill of Rs.146.
11:04Okay.
11:05After this, you come to me for a bill of Rs.8,925.
11:07Which month is this?
11:08This is from last month.
11:09Okay.
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