Load-shedding: New schedule confuses people

People think that the duration of loadshedding has been lengthened but KESC says the timings have merely changed.

Express March 02, 2011

KARACHI: A change in the load-shedding schedule has confused people in Orangi, New Karachi, Surjani, Gulberg, Liaquatabad and Baldia towns. They think it has been lengthened but the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) explains that the timings have changed.

KESC spokesman Amir Abbasi said that the duration of the power outages has not been increased. “The load-shedding cycle has been changed because of the new rotational cycle of 275 feeders,” he said. “The gas supply is now 100 MMCFD so there is zero load-shedding in the industrial areas,” he added.

According to Abbasi, the schedule is rotated every three months according to company policy.

Electricity used to be suspended in certain areas between 12 pm to 1:30 pm, for example, which has been moved up to earlier.

The minimum duration of load-shedding is three hours while the maximum is four-and-a-half hours.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 2^nd, 2011.

COMMENTS (3)

altaf hussani | 12 years ago | Reply we all people of North Nazimabad block N,M complained that for the last several months, we have been subjected to the last loadshedding spell of the day from midnight to 1.00 am. which is considered to be an uncomfortable time. Plz Plz Plz Plz Plz kindly change the time

Moosa | 13 years ago | Reply Dear Sir, I am citizen of pakistan who completly fedup to load shading, kindly put my request as a beg to reduce load shading at night time although they cover this duration in the day time in malir halt Alfalah Housing Society, because we all realize KESC Problem, but they should also realize our problem, At night time all schedule distrub so if KESC accept our request so we all will be highly oblige.

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