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Rain exposes poor electricity supply system in twin cities
July 28, 2021
Rawalpindi : The rain in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad has exposed the power supply system as Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) has failed to ensure smooth supply of electricity as 63 power feeders tripped disrupting electricity supply in many areas.
Over 80 per cent of consumers of the city have been continuously facing prolonged power blackouts. The consumers of Gulistan Colony areas on Tuesday faced 6 hours power blackout, the consumers of Adiala Sub Division faced 10 hours power blackout, the consumers of Misriyal Road and Chakra areas faced 7 hours of power blackout and the majority of consumers facing a continuous power blackout till the filing of this report.
RAWALPINDI: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) seized a large quantity of narcotics and arrested suspects during its operations in the twin cities.
The ANF said in a press release on Sunday that it had seized drugs comprised heroin, hashish, opium, methamphetamine (ice) and morphine.
It said the ANF and the police station ANF Rawalpindi conducted an intelligence-based operation in Gulistan Colony and recovered 5kg hashish from Mohammad Husnain.
In another operation, the ANF police station Islamabad intercepted a car on A.K. Brohi Road near Jamia Masjid Termazi, G-11, and recovered 400 ecstasy tablets (weighing 188 grams) from the possession of Hameed Khan and Said Amin, residents of Khyber district, and arrested them.
Water shortage intensifies in Pindi
People have to stand in long queues in sweltering heat to get water
Residents of Dhok Manshi filling their water canes at a tube-well in Rawalpindi. PHOTO: AGHA MAHROZ/EXPRESS
RAWALPINDI:
The water shortage has intensified in the garrison city as the groundwater level went down around 700 feet on Friday while the water in Rawal Dam and Khanpur Dam has touched the dead level.
“Water supply in Khayaban-e-Sir Syed is available only three days a week while on the remaining four days citizens have no choice but form a queue to fetch water from outside. The serious shortage of water has made our lives miserable especially in this hot weather,” said Saeed Shams, a resident of the locality.