From Zeeshan Mirza
KARACHI: The federal government of Pakistan has Wednesday okayed an additional 400 megawatts of electricity to Karachi in a bid to ensure the port city does not suffer long power outages in the coming summers.
According to details, the decision came following the session held earlier today between the federal power division and Karachi’s sole power distributor K Electric.
The session approved 1,200MW to Karachi post April instead of a present supply of 800MW, however the agreement for the development of additional power supply has yet to be penned.
The session also deliberated the financial crises faced by the power and gas distributors, KE and SSGC, noting that these shall be resolved soon.
In the next two years, the huddle said Karachi will receive an extra 1400 MG energy to offset the deficit.
It may be noted that just yesterday it was reported that several areas of Karachi had experienced prolonged and unannounced load shedding.
According to details, around 10 neighborhoods faced power outages for up to eight hours.
The area’s most impacted included Shah Faisal, Korangi, Landhi, Liaquatabad, Keamari, Paposh Nagar, where residents complained of load shedding for eight hours.
The KE spokesperson, in a statement, denied reports of any unannounced load-shedding in the metropolis.
“There is no unannounced or announced load shedding in Karachi,” a spokesperson for the K-Electric said. On the other hand, Karachiities are also suffering from 10 to 12 hours of gas load-shedding in residential areas of the city.
Load Shedding in Karachi: Earlier on Wednesday it was reported citizens in several localities of Karachi suffered due unscheduled loadshedding as almost half of the city plunged into darkness on Tuesday night.
The long power outage in Karachi landed the people into an unending misery as people are facing difficulties in their routine life.
Several areas of Karachi, including Kemari, Faisal Colony, Liaquatabad were badly hit by this unscheduled load-shedding. The five-hour long power outage in most areas of city has also created water shortage.
On the other hand, K-Electric spokesperson has denied the report of unannounced loadshedding, saying it was not correct to compare a technical faults to loadshedding.
