Demos against unscheduled outages

Published October 13, 2008

LAHORE, Oct 12: Residents of Mughalpura and Outfall Road lodged protests against unscheduled and marathon power outages on Sunday.

Hundreds of people, including women and children, gathered on Canal Road in Mughalpura, blocked it for an hour and chanted slogans against Lesco. Similarly, a large number of angry protesters thronged Outfall Road in the evening and blocked it for some time. They said the power supply to their area had been switched off since 6am. — Staff Reporter