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Govt fails in resolution of power crisis
KARACHI: The onslaught of the raging power crisis has washed away all the barriers coming in its way and still retaining all of its ferocity kept hitting the routine life and the economy unleashing unemployment, Geo News reported Wednesday.The irony of the state speaks itself out in Chaman where there is a road with switched on lights in broad daylight. The government offices are situated on the road.
Meantime, Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) cut off the power supply to Jinnah Hospital this morning on non-payment of the dues. However, later on, the power supply was restored in assurance regarding the payment of the first installment.
There is no letup in the power crisis with unshakable volition of the power providing companies not to spare a moment of respite to the people of Pakistan in seething weather and scorching heat of summer.
The meeting held in the federal capital proved nothing other than ‘coming, sitting and leaving’ and capped it all with a miserable dark night without electricity in 13 districts of Balochistan.
Administration termed it a ‘technical glitch’ in contrast with the people who insist that it was inefficiency and maladministration.
There is no single city and village of Sindh which is not hit by the crisis. Ten-hour of load shedding is being carried out in urban areas; while, the span of power outages—announced and unannounced-- mounted to 14-16 hours in rural areas.
Karachi is suffering from four to five-hour unannounced load shedding. The life has been wracked by protracted power outages in some areas thanks to prolonged breakdown and cable faults.
Situation in Punjab is not quite different with 16-18-hour of load shedding in trade and industrial cities including Faisalabad and Multan. The industrial areas are also being afflicted with six-hour of load shedding.
Khyber Pakhtoonkhaw is also adversely hit by the power crisis, where outages have posed problems to the domestic consumers and the laborers. Load shedding duration also rose to 16 hours in Malakand division.
The situation in Balochistan is the severest where at least 13 districts remained plunged in darkness the whole last night.
District Noshki is witnessing the longest power breakdown. At least 18 to 20-hour of load shedding is inflicting the lives in the cities and villages of northern Balochistan.
The largest ship-breaking yard situated in Gadani receives electricity for only some hours.
Courtesy www.Geo.tv