KARACHI, April 19: People in the city complained about prolong power failures in their respective localities as the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation continued to face power shortage of 150 megawatts.
After the five main cables of the power utility were damaged near the National Stadium on Tuesday, the KESC had managed to feed electricity supply to the affected areas including the KDA Scheme-1, Muhammad Ali Society, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Bahadurabad and some other areas by Wednesday morning. However, people of these localities still experienced intermittent power breakdowns.
The KESC had to start power load-shedding after the five main cables were damaged while the KDA-Baldia circuit was switched off as work on the Hubco-Baldia link was in progress. This had created a shortage of almost 150 MW and the KESC had to carry out group-wise load-shedding.
Citizens from KDA Scheme-1 said the power failures were intermittent on Tuesday in their locality and that power went off around 10pm on Wednesday.
People from Federal B Area, Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, Baldia Town, Korangi, Liaquatabad, Jamshed Quarters, Soldier Bazaar, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Orangi Town, and others made telephone calls to complain that they had been experiencing prolong power load-shedding in their respective localities.
