Minister assures of swift restoration work as countrywide power breakdown agonise people
Pakistan
Minister assures of swift restoration work as countrywide power breakdown agonise people
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Energy Minister Khurram Dastagir said on Monday it was not a major fault and the power supply across the country would be restored within 12 hours.
In a statement, he said most of the system was shut down in the night due to low demand of electricity in the winter season and it was switched on in the morning. Mr Dastagir said when the system was restarted, decrease in frequency was reported between Jamshoro and Dadu, causing breakdown in the country.
Most cities across the country was left with no electricity due to fault in high-tension transmission lines on Monday morning. The electricity outage hit cities in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and the federal capital after transmission lines from Guddu power station developed technical fault.
The Ministry of Energy, in a statement, said the decrease in system frequency of the national grid was reported at 7:34am, adding that efforts were under way to restore the power supply.
Sources said power plants in Guddu, Jamshoro, Muzaffargarh, Haveli Shah Bahadur and Baloki were affected by the power breakdown.
In Lahore, consumers in areas of The Mall Road, Canal Roald and at other places faced disruption in power supply while Orange Line Metro Train service also has been suspended.
The electricity supply to 117 grid stations of the Islamabad Electricy Supply Company was disrupted, affecting areas in the capital city and Rawalpindi.
In Karachi, the electricity is unavailable in Gulishtan-e-Johar, Pehlawan Goth, Johar More, Bhittaiabad, Nazimabad, Golimar and other areas.
Sources said it could take hours to restore the power supply across the country.
A countrywide power breakdown in Pakistan
— Shahzaib Wahlah (@ShahZaib_Wahlah) January 23, 2023
Major power outage across the country.#powerbreakdown
— Umair (@umairjaved_) January 23, 2023
Karachi is facing power shutdown @KElectricPk#electricity poweroutage breakdown
— (@talhasince1996) January 23, 2023
In October last, a massive breakdown hit the several parts of country when two 500kv lines tripped.
