KESC announces end of loadshedding for industrial areas
Residents of Karachi also likely to experience some relief as loadshedding schedule reverted to original plan.
KARACHI:
Karachi Electricity Supply Company (KESC) announced an end to loadshedding in industrial areas and a reduction in residential areas on Tuesday night.
Residents of Karachi are likely to experience some relief as the loadshedding schedule has been reverted to the original plan after a meeting at the Sindh Governor house last night.
Residential areas will now experience three to four and half hours of power cuts a day while industrial areas will not experience any loadshedding at all.
In the meeting at the governor house, Pakistan State Oil officials guaranteed that the KESC will be given furnace oil at the price of gas. This has allowed a reduction in loadshedding.
On Tuesday, a KESC spokesperson had announced a reduction in the duration of power cuts, saying that the duration would vary from seven to five hours in different areas and that industrial areas would continue to experience the same duration of loadshedding.
Earlier, in a letter addressed to the city’s residents, the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation’s (KESC) CEO Tabish Gauhar blamed the power crisis on improper distribution and allocation of gas supplies to the company.
Meanwhile industrialists in Karachi have withdrawn their strike call against the increase in the prices of electricity and petroleum products.
The industrialists had earlier decided to shut down their factories for a whole day on Wednesday against tariff increases.
Karachi Electricity Supply Company (KESC) announced an end to loadshedding in industrial areas and a reduction in residential areas on Tuesday night.
Residents of Karachi are likely to experience some relief as the loadshedding schedule has been reverted to the original plan after a meeting at the Sindh Governor house last night.
Residential areas will now experience three to four and half hours of power cuts a day while industrial areas will not experience any loadshedding at all.
In the meeting at the governor house, Pakistan State Oil officials guaranteed that the KESC will be given furnace oil at the price of gas. This has allowed a reduction in loadshedding.
On Tuesday, a KESC spokesperson had announced a reduction in the duration of power cuts, saying that the duration would vary from seven to five hours in different areas and that industrial areas would continue to experience the same duration of loadshedding.
Earlier, in a letter addressed to the city’s residents, the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation’s (KESC) CEO Tabish Gauhar blamed the power crisis on improper distribution and allocation of gas supplies to the company.
Meanwhile industrialists in Karachi have withdrawn their strike call against the increase in the prices of electricity and petroleum products.
The industrialists had earlier decided to shut down their factories for a whole day on Wednesday against tariff increases.