Power Cuts: Residents protest 16-hr load-shedding

The lack of electricity has caused shortages in water and flour


Ppi June 22, 2011

PINGRIO: Residents from over 300 villages near Pingrio held a demonstration against the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) to protest power cuts on Tuesday. Hesco increased the length of the rolling blackouts to 16 hours a day in villages. The lack of electricity has caused shortages in water and flour, as mills and pumps could not work.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 22nd, 2011.

 

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