April 28, 2006	Friday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 29, 1427

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FAISALABAD, April 27: Frequent power outages and unscheduled loadshedding have made life in the city miserable while the Fesco authorities failed to improve the situation.

Power disruptions were reported from almost all parts of the city, especially from residential areas of Peoples Colony, Batala Colony, Madina Town, D-Type Colony, Allama Iqbal Colony, Amanabad, Nazimabad, Ghulam Muhammadabad, Gulberg, Jinnah Colony, Gulistan Colony, Mansoorabad, Tariqabad and from the industrial areas of Maqbool Road, Samundri Road, Nishatabad, Sargodha Road, Khurrianwala and Shiekhupura Road.

Citizens complained that four to five hours power suspension in 10 to 15 breakdowns in a day had become a routine in the affected areas for the last three days. The rising temperature was adding to the people’s misery, they added.

Power fluctuations were also taking toll as they damaged electric appliances in residential as well as commercial areas.

Business was also affected due to repeated power disruptions in the internal city markets, especially around the Clock Tower and shopkeepers were seen sitting idle outside their shops due to low turnout of buyers.

Owners of many private hospitals and clinics lamented that the patients had been facing problems due to prolonged power breakdowns.

The cloth merchants of Mandar Gali, Gurdwara Gali, Jamia Cloth Market, Arshad Market, Anarkali Bazaar, Bano Market and Makki Market complained that unscheduled loadshedding was affecting their business badly as most of these markets were covered and without electricity they could not carry out any commercial activity.