Dried up: Power breakdown may worsen water woes

KARACHI:

The city's water crisis may deepen as the countrywide power breakdown stopped the functioning of all the pumping stations of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) for over eight hours late on Saturday night.

"Due to the breakdown, the metropolis was deprived of around 250 million gallons per day," said a KWSB spokesperson on Sunday. He warned Karachi's residents to be economical in their use of water for the next four days, saying that it was possible that there may be no water supply for some parts of the city.

"The breakdown occurred at 11:30pm and lasted till 8am on Sunday morning, affecting pumping stations including those at Dhabiji, Gharo, NEK, Hub and Pipri," he explained. "Most of the city has already been hit by a severe water crisis and the breakdown's effects may last till Wednesday."

Published in The Express Tribune, January 27^th, 2015.