KARACHI, Oct 27: Supply of water to many parts of the city remained suspended for many hours as the NEK pumping station suffered power outage on Friday, officials in the KWSB told Dawn.

“The power supply to the pumping station in North Karachi suspended at 8am and restored at 11.30am, which resulted in reducing the normal pressure of the station and affected the supplies,” Ali Mohammad Palijo, chief engineer (bulk) of the KWSB, said.

Another KWSB official said that parts of the city received about 30mgd less water from the three pumping stations – K-III, K-II and the old pumping station – which normally supply about 200mgd water.

The affected areas included Surjani Town, North Karachi, New Karachi, Baldia Town, Lyari, Nazimabad and North Nazimabad.

According to a KESC spokesman, the transformer supplying power to the pumping station had developed fault on Friday morning and it took three and a half hours for the KESC staff to restore the supplies.