KARACHI: K-Electric field teams and operational staff continue to work round the clock to restore power to those parts of the city which are still plagued by severe water-logging and drainage issues. Despite hurdles and impediments to restoration work because of standing rain-water in several parts of DHA and Clifton, KE has been able to re-energize more than 95 percent of the city.

As drainage efforts gain speed with the help of local authorities, two feeders with prolonged outage issues in the DHA area have been powered up, namely Phase IV and Muslim Commercial. Apart from these, Clifton Block-7 and two feeders out of three in Bath Island have also been energized.

K-Electric teams continue to make efforts to energize five feeders in DHA due to extremely severe water-logging issues around and within substations and inside residential premises and basements, which have created a severe public safety hazard. These feeders serve Bukhari Commercial Area, Ittehad Commercial area, Khayabane-e-Shahbaz and parts of 26th Street.

Earlier, help from local authorities in drainage efforts in DHA areas of Shujaat and Nishat allowed restoration work to proceed faster and KE teams were able to power up several feeders including DHA Phase-II Ext., DHA Phase-VII, Gizri Lane, Badar Comm. Phase-V Ext., Phase-II, Main Commercial Avenue, Khayabane Badar, Block-2 Clifton and Main Clifton Road.

K-Electric field teams, many of which have been called in from other areas and have been on the job for more than 24 hours to expedite restoration and continue to face challenges because of water-logging in parts of DHA Phase-VIII (Khayabane Qasim, Roomi), Saba Avenue off Khayabane Muhafiz till Khayabane Ittehad, Bokhari Commercial, Sehar Commercial, Nishat Commercial, Ittehad Commercial, Shahbaz Commercial and Rahat Commercial.-PR

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