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ISLAMABAD: Low voltage and load management of electricity have become a routine in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, but Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) denies there is hardly any load management issue in the region from Attock to Jhelum.
However, the power distribution company agreed that low voltage issue occurs as people used more electricity than the transformers capacity but whenever they received any complaint about low voltage they increased the frequency of voltage.
Residents of G-9, Satellite Town, Shah Khalid Colony, Faisal Colony and other areas have been facing power outages and low voltage for the last over one month.
Rawalpindi : Virtual deathtraps in the form of open manholes, naked dangling electric wires, and poor lighting in the streets causing serious accidents have claimed several lives in and around the.
Inadequate water supply in Ramazan
Islamabad
April 18, 2021
Islamabad : City areas of Tajabad, Fazal Town Phase-II, Dhoke Hafiz, Shah Khalid Colony, and Faisal Colony are not being supplied adequate water supply in Ramazan. Residents demand proper arrangements to maintain the water supply.
“We the people living in Fazal Town, Phase-I near Shelton Guest House and a little farther in Salahuddin Avenue, Street. III behind Butt Market understand the gravity of the water shortage better than most other localities of Pindi,” says Abbas Shah.
“The residents of our area depend on their neighbors’ pumps for water. Whatever the number of bore-wells in the area is, often get dried up. How many houses can give water to neighbors and for how many days? They have no choice but to depend on tankers, and most of them are apprehensive about the quality of water,” adds Abbas Shah.
Prices of essentials swell in Ramazan
Islamabad
April 18, 2021
Follies abound in Rawalpindi city and none can tell where the next round of absurdity will hit the ground. During Ramazan, the centre stage has been stolen by the escalating prices of daily essentials like milk, bread, ghee, oil, soap, eggs, fruits, and vegetables, etc.
“The unfolding stories of skyrocketed prices of items of daily use tempt me to feed on grains only. Fruit and vegetable prices have gone up over the last 10 days in a bizarre twist of turns,” says Aneeqa Zaidi.
Ramazan this year has come as the third wave of Covid-19 is becoming terrible. With no effect on unscrupulous traders this time, too they have spiked the prices of many essential commodities. They are busy cashing in on lax market monitoring and poor management,” says Hira Fatima.