KARACHI: The city will face a shortfall of around 130 million gallons of water per day (MGD) on Friday (tomorrow) as K-Electric (KE) and the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC) carry out annual maintenance work at the Dhabeji Pumping Station.
The city normally receives around 650 MGD but supply will drop to 520 MGD during the shutdown.
According to a KWSC spokesperson, KE has formally notified the water utility of the scheduled power shutdown. “Electricity supply to Dhabeji Grid Station will remain suspended on Nov 13 for annual maintenance,” he said.
The power shutdown will last 14 hours, from 10am to midnight on Nov 13. During this period, nine of the 21 pumps at Dhabeji will remain non-operational, the spokesperson added.
He said the power outage would affect water supply to Landhi, Korangi, Malir, Shah Faisal, Gulshan, Clifton, Saddar and Lyari. Supplies to various towns including Jinnah, Chanesar, Liaquatabad and North Karachi would also be affected.
Water supply to Nazimabad and Gulberg towns would be partially disrupted while the Landhi and Sherpao hydrants would remain closed during the shutdown.
The spokesperson said that once KE completed its annual maintenance, six of the nine affected pumps at Dhabeji would be made operational. With these pumps back in service, water supply would return to normal in all affected areas except Landhi, Korangi, Malir and Shah Faisal.
He added that the KWSC’s annual maintenance work would continue for another 22 hours after KE’s shutdown ended. During this period, only three pumps at Dhabeji would remain non-operational, resulting in a partial disruption of water supply to Landhi, Korangi, Malir and Shah Faisal.
Meanwhile, a KE spokesperson said the scheduled maintenance shutdown at Dhabeji Grid Station would take place on Friday and that advance notice had been shared with the KWSC.
The work would include testing and servicing the grid’s power transformer, as well as testing and maintaining its vacuum circuit breaker (VCB) switches. Technical faults would also be addressed while cleaning the relevant substation, the spokesperson added.
The maintenance activities are essential to ensuring a continuous and reliable power supply, he said.
Published in Dawn, November 12th, 2026
