Karachi facing power breakdowns due to humidity: K-Electric
KE spokesperson said the power utility company invests in its structure and will also continue to do so in future
May 30, 2017
KARACHI: K-Electric (KE) has claimed on Tuesday that back to back power breakdown in the metropolis is due to tripping of electric lines because of heavy humidity.
Refuting the allegation leveled by political parties against the company, the K-Electric spokesperson said that the power utility company invests in its structure and will also continue to do so in future.
“We are installing new lines to control the situation arising because of humidity,” said a K-Electric spokesperson, Fakhar Ahmad, while speaking exclusively to Geo News, “There have been investments made by the K-Electric. The profits of K-Electric were not paid a dividend in the stock market. All were invested within the system and its audit reports are available.”
Ahmad said, “such humidity does not come every year – we are managing the situation.”
The KE representative reiterated that not every area of the city was going through load shedding, further adding that the power utility company did not shut any plant.
Meanwhile, the Sindh High Court (SHC) ordered the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to take action against KE with regard to unannounced load shedding.
The two-member bench, headed by Justice Irfan Saadat Khan, also ordered Nepra to take all legal actions against the power utility company, adding that the city’s sole power utility should also follow Nepra’s orders.
On January 22, 2016, Nepra had made area-wise load shedding illegal yet it was ongoing in the port city.
The SHC bench had reserved its verdict after Monday’s proceedings on a petition filed by social activist Karamat Ali on unannounced load shedding by the power utility.
The petitioner's lawyer, Faisal Siddiqui, said an entire area should not be deprived of electricity if one person defaults on paying the bills. He added that even if it is the matter of theft, the person committing the crime should bear the brunt of the power cuts, not those in the adjoining houses.
