Unannounced load-shedding continued to trouble citizens in Karachi during the month of Ramazan as outages hit hard several areas Tuesday and Wednesday. Residents and small business owners expressed concern over almost 20 hours long load-shedding in residential and commercial areas which has certainly serious problems in offering Tarhavies, at the time of Iftar, Sehri and carrying out business activates on Tuesday.
On Tuesday power supply disconnected before Sehri and was restored at 8 in the morning. However power once again failed at 10 am which was restored at 1.30 pm on Wednesday in various areas of the city including Safoora, Rufi Homes, Kiran Hospital, Haroon Banglows, several areas of Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Malir etc.
On Wednesday one again power supply failed at 10 am and it was restored at 12.30 pm and again at 3 pm and restored at 6 pm. People observing fast complained that power outages span surged many times in different areas in last few weeks including Malir, Shah Faisal Colony, Safoora, Kiran Hospital, University Road, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Gulberg, Nazimabad and Federal B Area etc. The supply is so erratic that the general pubic cannot use their domestic appliances, which often break down when power returns.
Load shedding has been increased to 2-3 hour spells, badly affecting the output of small traders, many of whom say they cannot afford losses. Small business owners alleged that K-electric indulged in their economic murder by carrying out long hours scheduled and unscheduled load-shedding. Some times K-electric claim trip of feeder, breakdown, ongoing repair and maintenance work etc to carry out unannounced load-shedding for hours.
Small businesses such as tailoring units and small-scale flour mills, photo state shops, tube vulcanize etc. are dependent heavily on K-electric and facing a severe crisis situation in view of the 12 hours and more hours of power cuts. Small-scale businesses in commercial and residential areas complain that they were unable to operate their machines for most part of the day.
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