Summary Citizens have complained that the whole scenario is due to incompetence of K-Electric
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Citizens face distress in the metropolitan city as long hours of electricity shortage frequent the city. Due to long hours of load shedding, Water Board plants’ ability to procure water has also been affected causing citizens further anguish, reported Dunya News.
On the night of July 12 at 1930 hours, a Karachi Development Authority (KDA) transformer tripped after which nearly half of the city went into darkness.
The repair on the transformer wasn’t complete when at 0330 hours on July 13, when Bin Qasim One and Two power plants also tripped after which most of the city was deprived of electricity.
The citizens had to wait till 1200 hours for Bin Qasim power plants to resume their electric production before electricity was supplied regularly again.
Spokesperson K-Electric said that the organization apologises for the inconvenience it might have caused during electricity shortage.
On the other hand, Water Board’s ability to procure water from its power plants has been badly affected due to electricity breakdown in the city.The pumping stations could not pump out 15 crore gallons due to which severe shortage of water was seen in various parts of the city.
Citizens have complained that the whole scenario is due to the inability and incompetence of K-Electric and Water Board officials.
Commenting on the matter, Water Board officials have said that city of Karachi needs 55 crore gallons of water per day for which new projects are underway but the water which has already been pumped out is also difficult to distribute due to various factors including shortage of electricity.
