‘Kite-flying causes massive disruptions in power transmission’ NTDC authorities have taken up the matter with the district administration
APP
April 23, 2021
ISLAMABAD:
Kite flying has been a potential threat to human lives as many cases have been reported mostly in Punjab of kites with sharp metallic threads slitting throats of motorcyclists as well as pedestrians.
It has now emerged that these kites also get entangled in power transmission lines causing trippings and power outages.
A spokesman of National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDC) disclosed that a number of incidents of tripping at 500kV and 220kV transmission lines have been reported due to kite flying in areas of Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Attock, Gujranwala and Kasur.