Load shedding: No electricity for 98 hours
Pipri pumping station also has had no electricity for the past 18 hours.
KARACHI:
The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) said that power was not restored at the Gharo pumping station after 98 hours.
The Pipri pumping station also has had no electricity for the past 18 hours. The Karachi Electric Supply Company said that faults in the cables caused the power outage. The managing director of the KWSB said that restoration of water supply will take 24 to 48 hours.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 15th, 2011.
The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) said that power was not restored at the Gharo pumping station after 98 hours.
The Pipri pumping station also has had no electricity for the past 18 hours. The Karachi Electric Supply Company said that faults in the cables caused the power outage. The managing director of the KWSB said that restoration of water supply will take 24 to 48 hours.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 15th, 2011.