The city’s sole power supply company, K-Electric (KE) has claimed to restore power supply to more than 90 per cent areas of the city. The power supply in Karachi was badly affected after heavy rainfall lashed out the metropolitan on Thursday. According to the KE spokesperson, the disrupted power supply has been restored in Lee Market, Moosa Lane, Gulistan-e-Jauhar blocks 12, 15 and 16. Electricity was also restored in Defence Phase One, Two and Eight, Korangi 7-A. The KE spokesperson said that 50 per cent of their sub stations were flooded after the heavy downpour. After heavy downpour in Karachi, the cellular services in the city were also affected after a prolonged power breakdown. The users of different telecom services providers are facing outages due to prolonged power breakdown after terrifying rain in the city since Thursday. Due to prolonged power failure in the city many towers are out of service and generators are shut because there’s no fuel to power them. Several towers and their switch rooms were also damaged.
متعلقہ مضامین
-
LHC moved against hike in petroleum prices
-
Iran COVID-19 death toll exceeds 100 in 24 hours for eighth straight day
-
SBP once again slashes policy rate by 100 basis points to 7%
-
SBP once again slashes policy rate by 100 basis points to 7%
-
PM calls on int’l community to hold India accountable for HR abuses in IHK
-
Punjab budget passed amid opposition’s walkout
-
Former JI emir Syed Munawar Hasan passes away in Karachi
-
PIA to ground 150 pilots for ‘cheating’ to get licenses
-
HEC declares Sargodha University fit for online education
-
PML-N panicking since sugar report made public: Shibli Faraz
-
Cattle markets for Eid-ul- Azha in Punjab to be set outside city limits
-
Chinese envoy calls on Hafeez Shaikh