The Power Division has claimed that power supply has been fully restored across the country, but the situation will return to normal by Frid...
In a statement issued by the Power Division, it was said that the power transmission system has been fully restored in the entire country, the disruption in two 500 kV lines south of Karachi has been removed this morning.
It was said in the statement that "power supply is being increased from alternative power plants, which will return to normal by the morning of Friday".
Despite the claims of the Power Division, electricity has not been fully restored in many areas of Karachi and after the restoration of electricity in several areas, it has been suspended again.
According to Dawn News, electricity has not yet been restored in Malir, Gulshan Mimar, Super Highway and other areas.
It should be noted that due to an accidental fault in the southern transmission system of the country on Thursday morning, electricity supply was suspended in other parts of the country including Karachi.
The areas of Karachi where electricity was suspended included various areas including Rashid Minhas Road, Gulistan Johar, Liaquatabad C1 Area, Federal B Area Block 13, 12, 11, Nazimabad Block No. 4 and 3.
Apart from this, Landhi, Malir, Model Colony, Kharadar, Lyari, Old City Area, Malir Halt and Rafa Aam were also deprived of electricity supply while Gulshan Jamal, Millennium Mall, Dalmia Road, Gulistan Johar and Gulshan Iqbal including various areas. Electricity supply was also suspended in city courts and accountability courts.
Residents in various Defense Housing Authority (DHA) areas and PECH society are also facing power cuts.
Apart from this, there are reports of power outages from inside Sindh as well, power supply was suspended in Rahim Yar Khan, Multan, Faisalabad and Quetta including Jacobabad, Shikarpur, Sibi, Dadu, Rajanpur, Ghotki.
According to the statement released by the Power Division, due to an accidental fault in the southern transmission system of the country, several southern power plants are tripping in phases, which is hindering the transmission of electricity in the southern part of the country.
The statement added that the Ministry of Energy is diligently investigating the cause of the outage and the power system will be fully restored as soon as possible.
On the other hand, the spokesperson of 'K Electric' said that there are reports of power outages at different places in the city, which are being investigated.
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Later, he confirmed that "According to the information of the Ministry of Energy, there has been a disruption in the electricity supply in different cities due to the fault in the country's transmission system, and there have been reports of the supply being affected in the areas connected to electric power."
Electricity restoration work is in progress in residential areas, K-Electric
Spokesman K-Electric Imran Rana said in a statement on Twitter that at 7:00 p.m., the restoration of electricity is going on in phases across Karachi. Is'.
He said that 'power has been restored to strategic facilities including the airport, hospital and KWSB pumping stations and the work of restoring power to residential areas is going on gradually'.
The spokesperson said that 'electricity has been restored in FB Area, Civic Centre, Clifton, Defence, Dhabiji, Allander Road, Ghazri, Gulistan Johar, Liaquatabad, Lyari, Malir and other areas'.
He said that the generation, transmission and distribution network of K-Electric is safe and fully operational and the management is in touch with the concerned authorities on the matter.
Electricity will be restored by night, Khurram Dastgir
On the other hand, Federal Minister of Energy Khurram Dastgir said that the disruption in the electricity system this morning is on the way to recovery and, God willing, power supply will be restored to all consumers by tonight.
He said that as a result of the breakdown, a large number of power plants in our system have become inactive and due to this the supply of about 8 thousand megawatts was affected, so far we have restored the supply of 4 thousand 700 megawatts. Done.
He said that our priority at this time is to restore power supply in Quetta and Karachi city and the disruption in the power system this morning is on the way to restoration.
The Federal Minister said that I am grateful to the heads and staff of the Ministry of Energy and NTDC for taking this issue seriously and playing their full role in solving it.
A high-level committee has been formed to investigate the incident
A high-level inquiry committee has been constituted to ascertain the facts of the partial power outage, the Ministry of Energy said in a statement.
In a statement issued by the National Transmission and Dispatch Company Limited (NTDC), the committee will be headed by General Manager Technical Lahore Muhammad Mustafa and will consist of Anwar Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Ijaz Khan and Muhammad Zakaria.
Regarding the committee, it was said that the committee has to determine the root causes and determine whether the blackout could have been avoided and whether appropriate measures were taken by the concerned departments.
The committee has to submit the inquiry report within 4 days.
Power plants are tripping, Lesko
Apart from Karachi, power was suspended in Lahore, the capital of Punjab, due to the breakdown.
Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) said in a statement on Twitter that "due to an accidental fault in the southern transmission system of the country, several southern power plants are tripping step by step, which is hindering the transmission of electricity in the southern part of the country." Is'.
Lesco said that 'load shedding is being done in Lesco too to protect the system from any major breakdown'.
The statement said that the Ministry of Energy is diligently investigating the cause of the outage and the power system will be fully restored as soon as possible.
Chairman of K-Electric Senate Committee
The Senate Standing Committee on Energy summoned K-Electric Chief Executive Officer Monis Alvi and directed the police to arrest him and produce him in the next meeting.
The chairman of the committee, Senator Saifullah Abaro, said during the meeting, "Who is he, is he a gangster, what kind of attitude is this?"
He said that 'time has passed but K-Electric has still failed to sign the agreement for purchase and sale of electricity'.
The Senate Standing Committee also expressed anger over the absence of Federal Minister Khurram Dastgir in the meeting and took notice of the power outage across the country.
The chairman committee said that NTDC has failed to provide a reasonable reason for the power outage.
In this regard, the official of the Ministry of Energy said that the southern regions of the country went into darkness.
He said that releasing the details would cause more confusion
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