The power supply situation in Karachi remained under control as the city witnessed rainfall for the second consecutive day. Parts of the city were submerged on account of unprecedented rains and K-Electric teams remained engaged round-the-clock to rectify local faults in difficult circumstances.
The Met Office has predicted more rains on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the power utility's teams remain on ground 24/7 to ensure that the areas affected are brought back online in a timely manner. K-Electric remains committed to ensuring power supply to key installations and electricity to airport, strategic KWSB pumping stations and main hospitals remained uninterrupted on the second day of rains.
According to a KE spokesperson, "Two days of rainfall put a strain on the system but upgrades across the entire system have allowed response to queries with greater efficiency to address the outages. Due to water logging, some localized faults still remain and KE is coordinating with relevant civic agencies to ensure drainage of clogged water and to restore power supply. With more rains expected the power utility remains vigilant and ready to ensure system reliability."
Customers are urged to use caution during the monsoons and not touch electric poles or power infrastructure. The public is urged to not take shelter under transformers, sign boards or hoardings and not to use ring the doorbell with wet hands.-PR