Back to Stone Age: Power outage in Karachi continues during second Sehri

 

KARACHI: Continuing on the trend K-Electric set on the first day of Ramazan, the metropolis was thrown into darkness as power outages occurred in various areas on second Sehri early Monday morning, Geo News reported.

Golimar, North Karachi, New Karachi, and surrounding areas experienced an electric breakdown on Sunday night once again, exacerbating public outrage after power breakdowns during Sehri and Iftar times on the first day of fasting.

In addition, people in Lyari, Maripur, Agra Taj Colony, Bihar Colony, Manghopir, Orangi Town, Shah Faisal, Model Colony, Block 8 of Gulistan-e-Johar, Liaquatabad’s C1 and No. 10 areas also started their fasts in complete darkness as ‘load shedding’ persisted.

Candlelight Sehri: Major power outage in Karachi on first day of Ramazan

An extra high-tension line tripped, causing generators in Jamshoro and Hubco power plants to shut down, an NTDC spokesperson said

After Sehri, Karachi suffers power outages during Iftar

With temperature soaring high, citizens were forced to break their fast in the absence of electricity

On the other hand, Al-Hilal Society, Old Sabzi Mandi, and surrounding areas face power outage for more than four hours.

A K-Electric spokesperson in a statement issued around Sehri time acknowledged that some areas in Malir and Shah Faisal have no electricity, adding that work is under way to resume power supply in the affected localities.

However, the spokesperson stressed that it is not the usual load shedding. “It is wrong to label local faults as ‘load shedding’,” they said.