Public facing prolonged power cuts, water shortage

The difference between demand and supply of power in Karachi has reached to 600 as total demand of the city has reached upto 2400MW and disconnection of supply from the above mentioned units and partners of KESC has indulged the city into darkness.

All residential and commercial areas undergoing two-hour load shedding after every hour, KESC sources confirmed.

The residents of Allah Rakha Park, G Elena Road, Kaharader Police Post and Pariya Street had suffered 7 to 8 hours long power breakdown. People were suffering with the power outage from Sunday evening due to underground cable fault.

The students of HSC and Technical Board Sindh whom examinations were underway complained that many of the examination centres plunged into the darkness as the dark clouds appeared on the sky and sun was not seeing. The examinations rooms were full of darkness due to prolong power failure, the students appeared in the exams said.

A doctor at a private hospital in Gulshan said that her hospital had to cancel operations and it was facing enormous difficulties in treating patients. The same conditions have been witnessing in Civil and JPMC where thousands of patients suffering from the prolonged power outage and doctors failed to conduct operations.