THATTA, March 2: About one lakh population in and around coastal taluka Jati has been facing heavy losses due to unscheduled and long power breakdown in the area for a last couple of months.

The reason of the breakdown is said to be the most defective power line from Sujawal grid station to the coastal site.

During the cyclone almost the entire pole line, spread to the last sea shore settlement, Raj Malik, had been destroyed.

Wapda development wing had allotted its contract for new line erection, but the contractor left the task incomplete.

Recently during an open Katchehry Hesco Chairman Brigadier Mohammad Ali had warned the officials concerned to get the pole erection completed within one month, but his warning yielded no results.

A number of ice factories, rice husking and oil exploring units and small business centres have been suffering due to the breakdown.

The citizens of the area have demanded early completion of new 1100kv pole line so that they could get rid of the hardships they have been facing for a few months.

TEACHERS: The president, Government School Teachers Association, Ghulam Mustafa Soho, has dissolved the GSTA bodies of nine talukas of Thatta district.