No outages during Sehr, Iftar: KESC
The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has announced that there will be no loadshedding in the city during Sehr and Iftar timings in Ramazan starting from today.
According to a KESC spokesman, there will be no loadshedding throughout the city between 6pm to 8pm. Also, there will be no loadshedding during Friday prayers from 1pm to 3 pm.
However, in the light of KESC’s Ramazan loadshedding plan, it seems that people in various residential areas of the city will have to endure loadshedding during the timings set for Taraveeh prayers.
Meanwhile, the loadshedding timings on a daily basis will continue till around 1:30am maximum. This will cause hardships to the citizens in various areas affected by loadshedding when it comes to waking up for Sehri.
Given that KESC’s transmission and distribution system is well prone to trippings and faults due to overloading, it seems imminent that the citizens will have to suffer extended power failures in addition to the routine instances of loadshedding.
The recent spells of monsoon rains have yet again exposed the unreliable and weak status of the KESC’s distribution system that has long been causing problems for the citizens.
