DADU, Aug 8: Over 600 people, including activists of political parties and NGOs, took out a protest rally here on Thursday against the unannounced load-shedding in different towns of the district.

They marched on main roads of Dadu town and staged a demonstration for two hours at the press club and blocked the Kutchery Road.

They were carrying banners, placards and were raising slogans against Hesco officials.

They were led by the district president, PPP, Rafique Ahmad Jamali, the president, Chamber of Commerce, Ghulam Shah Malkani, the Nazim, Dadu taluka, Syed Zafar Ali Shah, the district president, PPP (SB), Ali Mohammad Jamali, and the president, Citizen Welfare Action Committee, Javed Akhtar.

Speaking to the demonstrators, they said local Hesco officials were suspending power supply to the towns for six to seven hours daily without any information.

They also complained for inflated bills and said the bills were issued without proper meter reading.

They alleged that air conditioners and factories were running with illegal power connection with the connivance of Hesco officials.