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Sunday, March 20, 2011
15 Balochistan districts without power as two pylons blown up
QUETTA: Power supply to 15 districts of Balochistan has been disrupted, as unidentified men blew up two electricity towers of 220-KV and 132- KV in Mach area of Bolan district in the early hours of Saturday, official sources said. A Quetta Electricity Supply Company (QESCO) spokesman Shafqat Ali told this scribe that the unidentified men had planted an explosive device with the 132-KV and 220 KV double circuit electricity towers of high transmission lines which detonated, suspending the power supply to 15 districts of Balochistan. He said that QESCO engineers and technical teams had left for the damaged site; however the repair work would start after security clearance. The law enforcement agencies have also launched a search operation to arrest the culprits. mohammad zafar
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