KARACHI, Jan 18: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation has announced that it will carry out load-shedding in the city for 45 to 60 minutes daily, between 6pm and midnight.

A KESC spokesman said that the load-shedding had become necessary due to a shortage of power by about 100MW. He said that due to the shortage in the WAPDA system the KESC had been asked to reduce the power import from 560MW to 460MW in the evening peak hours.

The spokesman further said that the KESC’s own generation had also been reduced because two units of 210MW each at Bin Qasim power station were currently under renovation and upgradation, while work on one of the unit might end and it might start generation by Jan 28.

The load-shedding, he said, would continue in the city during the evening hours till power import from WAPDA improves.