By MATTHEW VARI
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 (Midweek Chronicle, PNG)
With the illegal connection exercise currently being undertaken by Eda Ranu- investigations by the company has revealed that not only residents will be disconnected, but also employees who have assisted in making the illegal connections.
Chief Executive Officer Henry Mokono revealed that staff members and members of a contracted firm with the water supplier have been responsible for some of the illegal connections, and are being paid to do so, by both residents and certain businesses.
“We have already sacked six staff members and counting, and it has come to our attention that they are an established group and have been operating for years with some members of one of our contracted partners also involved in giving illegal access.”
“We have learnt that the uses of specialized equipment used to make these connections- are of those that are not sold in any plumping or hardware shops, but used exclusively by us.”
“I will not hesitate to have the culprits face the consequences of their activities because we want to operate honestly, and the paying of rates is actually what maintains our system,” he warned.
He pleaded to those doing this and the business houses to stop now and come forward, as they would expose them.
“I appeal to businesses and residents to come out, because eventually we will come to you- section by section, suburb by suburb.
Mokono said that their rates were some of the cheapest in the world- saying it was only when customers ignored to pay on time that their bills accumulated making it difficult to pay all at once.
On the flip side of the coin, customer Service Manager Paul Gore said the disconnection of illegal water users was in full swing with the disconnection of 20 properties so far in the suburbs of Gordons and Hohola.
“All those that need to be disconnected in all suburbs will be done without any hesitation, unless they come forward and confess.”
“So far the response has been good to the tough stand we are taking with a number of illegal water users coming up front and paying their debts in fear of being permanently disconnected,” he updated those present.
Mr Gore said that the suburbs that contained the most illegal connections were Gerehu, Tokarara, and Hohola, which are major suburbs with high incidence of illegal connections- with Morata in question because of it still being considered a settlement.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 (Midweek Chronicle, PNG)
With the illegal connection exercise currently being undertaken by Eda Ranu- investigations by the company has revealed that not only residents will be disconnected, but also employees who have assisted in making the illegal connections.
Chief Executive Officer Henry Mokono revealed that staff members and members of a contracted firm with the water supplier have been responsible for some of the illegal connections, and are being paid to do so, by both residents and certain businesses.
“We have already sacked six staff members and counting, and it has come to our attention that they are an established group and have been operating for years with some members of one of our contracted partners also involved in giving illegal access.”
“We have learnt that the uses of specialized equipment used to make these connections- are of those that are not sold in any plumping or hardware shops, but used exclusively by us.”
“I will not hesitate to have the culprits face the consequences of their activities because we want to operate honestly, and the paying of rates is actually what maintains our system,” he warned.
He pleaded to those doing this and the business houses to stop now and come forward, as they would expose them.
“I appeal to businesses and residents to come out, because eventually we will come to you- section by section, suburb by suburb.
Mokono said that their rates were some of the cheapest in the world- saying it was only when customers ignored to pay on time that their bills accumulated making it difficult to pay all at once.
On the flip side of the coin, customer Service Manager Paul Gore said the disconnection of illegal water users was in full swing with the disconnection of 20 properties so far in the suburbs of Gordons and Hohola.
“All those that need to be disconnected in all suburbs will be done without any hesitation, unless they come forward and confess.”
“So far the response has been good to the tough stand we are taking with a number of illegal water users coming up front and paying their debts in fear of being permanently disconnected,” he updated those present.
Mr Gore said that the suburbs that contained the most illegal connections were Gerehu, Tokarara, and Hohola, which are major suburbs with high incidence of illegal connections- with Morata in question because of it still being considered a settlement.
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