Power restoration underway after massive breakdown
The city of lights plunged into darkness early Monday due to ‘tripping’ of the national grid lines
According to K-Electric several areas of the city facing power outage. PHOTO: FILE
Power supply in most parts of the city was restored on Monday following a power break down in Karachi, K-Electric said in a tweet.
The city of lights plunged into darkness early Monday due to ‘tripping’ of the national grid lines, K-Electric earlier stated.
In a tweet, KE said Karachi’s power supply was affected following tripping in the transmission line of the national grid.”
The affected areas include North Nazimabad, Gulshan, Saddar and Defence.
Two hours later, the company explained that the 500KV transmission line connecting KE to the national grid had tripped causing a rollover effect on the power supply.
“Restoration efforts are underway with some affected areas already back online,” it said. “Power situation in the city is expected to improve significantly in the next three-four hours.”
Faulty powers: Karachi faces third power outage in four days
Last month, the port city suffered three major outages in four day due to a major fault that developed in the K-Electric’s distribution system.
KE had said the disruption in power supply was triggered by a rollover effect following the disconnection of Karachi’s power supply lines from the national grid.
The spokesperson of National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) in his statement said that the Southern region from where power is supplied from the national grid tripped due to dense fog, Express News reported.
K-Electric's own system also tripped, suspending power supply in Karachi. "The NTDC's entire system is however, operating in the rest of the country."
The city of lights plunged into darkness early Monday due to ‘tripping’ of the national grid lines, K-Electric earlier stated.
In a tweet, KE said Karachi’s power supply was affected following tripping in the transmission line of the national grid.”
The affected areas include North Nazimabad, Gulshan, Saddar and Defence.
Two hours later, the company explained that the 500KV transmission line connecting KE to the national grid had tripped causing a rollover effect on the power supply.
“Restoration efforts are underway with some affected areas already back online,” it said. “Power situation in the city is expected to improve significantly in the next three-four hours.”
Faulty powers: Karachi faces third power outage in four days
Last month, the port city suffered three major outages in four day due to a major fault that developed in the K-Electric’s distribution system.
KE had said the disruption in power supply was triggered by a rollover effect following the disconnection of Karachi’s power supply lines from the national grid.
The spokesperson of National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) in his statement said that the Southern region from where power is supplied from the national grid tripped due to dense fog, Express News reported.
K-Electric's own system also tripped, suspending power supply in Karachi. "The NTDC's entire system is however, operating in the rest of the country."