KARACHI: Increase in load-shedding persisted even on weekend, causing trouble for citizens.
K-electric stated that the power supply would get back to normal after a fault in Bin Qasim Power Plant is fixed. A shortfall of 180 megawatts has been created ever since the power plant tripped.
The areas with additional hours load-shedding include various blocks of Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Liaquatabad and the area around Nagan Chowrangi. However, the areas with low line losses were facing outages for as long as five hours, while duration in other areas went up to 10 hours.
Prior to the plant mishap, a row between KE and Sui Southern Gas Company over gas supply also resulted in prolonged load-shedding across Karachi. Discourse between the two companies started with KE blaming SSGC for stopping the supply of gas to power plants where electricity was being produced.
In return, SSGC blamed that KE owed them a debt of billions but they had not withheld gas supply to its power plants.
The row ended after Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi came to Karachi for a meeting over the electricity issues and directed both the companies to solve their issues and ensure power supply to citizens.
Protests have been carried out in Karachi over persistent outages that have not ended yet.
