Karachi:
Demonstrations broke out in different districts of the metropolis after several localities remained without electricity for more than 50 hours after heavy rains on August 19.
Residents of University Road, Tipu Sultan Road, Moinabad, Bustan Society, Amirabad and the adjacent regions said that power had been extinguished around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, fire, and had not yet been restored. The suspension of the water supply has added to their misery.
Angry citizens organized sit-ins outside the electric office K, singing slogans against public service to ignore repeated complaints. In Malir, the demonstrators blocked the Mehran deposit route, interrupting the peoples buses service, while in the roads of the Liaquat market, causing serious traffic jams in the model colony, the Jinnah avenue and the neighboring streets.
The demonstrators warned that if the supply was not immediately restored, they would expand protests to other parts of the city.
Sharjeel Memon
Sindh’s main minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said that the rain -linked incidents triggered by climate change has been causing human losses since June across the country. He said that 427 people died in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 165 in Punjab, 40, 22, 22 in Balutchistan, 56 at Azad Cashmire and eight in Islamabad. In Tharparkar, 198 mm of precipitation resulted in the death of three people and 18 cattle.
Minister of Energy
The Minister of Sindh with energy and planning and development and development Syed Nasir Hussain Shah made a surprise visit to the headquarters of K-Electric following increasing complaints of the public concerning extended power outages. He ordered K -managers of K to take immediate and practical measures to resolve the grievances.
