‘Demand for electric geysers up by 30 per cent due to gas crisis’
Karachi
December 20, 2020
Karachi’s residents are facing sporadic gas outages and low gas pressure, making their lives miserable during this year’s cold spell, as is evident by the rise in the demand for electric geysers by a whopping 30 per cent and for electric hotplates by 15 per cent in comparison to last winter.
Citing these figures, Karachi Electronics Dealers Association President Muhammad Rizwan Irfan told The News that mostly families have been make their way to markets in search of electric geysers and hotplates.
“If people don’t have gas at home, how are they supposed to cook?” he said, adding that during winter one needs hot water, and most of the people in Karachi use gas geysers for that.