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Monsoon spell: After battling extended power outages, Karachiites hit with water shortage
[DAWN] After two days of sporadic showers and extended power outages, the water supply to large parts of Bloody Karachi...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... has been disrupted due to the shutdown of an important pumping station. According to a spokesperson for the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB), electricity supply to the North-East Karachi (NEK) pump has been disrupted after the grid station supplying it was flooded with rainwater. He said power had been suspended since 8:35pm on Tuesday, as a result of which the pumping of water from the NEK pump had also stopped. As per the KWSB spokesperson, they were unable to provide 160 million gallons of to water various parts of the city. Gulistan-e-Jauhar, New Karachi, North Karachi and Scheme 33 were completely affected by the disruption while Gulshan-e-Iqbal was partially affected. While asking citizens to conserve available water, he said that as soon as the electricity supply is restored, the provision of water will resume. Posted by: Fred 2019-08-01 |
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