K-Electric has started facilitating commemorative meetings and processions as part of its plan to support local administration in maintaining law and order for the first 10 days of Muharram-ul-Haraam. A press release of the utility said that the programme includes exemption of feeders, ensuring the availability of standby generators, establishing four regional control rooms and special transmission and distribution teams to immediately address unexpected faults in the network. These teams would be working in close co-ordination with the City Administration and Law Enforcement Agencies to help them maintain law and order and ensure a smooth Muharram.
Since the beginning of Muharram, uninterrupted supply of electricity is being provided from 6:00pm to 7:00am to more than 223 feeders located in areas where Majalis and processions are taking place. These areas were identified by Ulema in meetings with law enforcement agencies and the city administration.
Emergency generators are also being made available at major locations to mitigate any unexpected breakdown. Regarding the issue of street lights, the statement added that these fall under the responsibility of the city administration and not KE, and that the company is not responsible for either the maintenance or the replacement of faulty street lights. KE urged the concerned authorities to do the needful in this regard to avoid any issue because of these lights-PR