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Karachiites angry at long power outages
K-E spokesperson says most of the areas recorded power shutdown due to annual maintenance
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KARACHI:
Parts of the port city of Karachi experienced prolonged power outages throughout the day on Monday despite the weather remained not so hot and there was enough available capacity to meet electricity demand.
People expressed anger over the prolonged announced and unannounced blackouts of up to 10-hours in both residential and commercial areas, including Society, Gulshan, Orangi, Defence, Garden, Tariq Road, Saddar, MA Jinnah Road, Numaish, Baldia, Johar, Korangi, Surjani and Bin Qasim.
The K-Electric (KE), the integrated power utility company, is responsible for supply of electricity to more than 2.5 million residential, commercial and industrial customers in Karachi and a few areas outside the city’s limits.
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The federal government and K-Electric are putting in place required infrastructure and new generators to lift power supply by 40%, or 900 megawatts, to the city of ports, parts of upper Sindh and Balochistan ahead of the forthcoming summer season.
Ongoing efforts to reduce prolonged power outages during sweltering heat may, however, be partly jeopardised. The power utility has expressed a little bit of doubt about getting new gas connection for its under-construction power plant at Bin Qasim, Karachi.
Speaking at a press conference the other day, K-Electric Chief Executive Officer Moonis Alvi said that the entity was setting up two 450MW power plants and the primary fuel for the plants was re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) or gas.
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