Following a major breakdown that affected large parts of the country Thursday, Energy Minister Khurram Dastagir Khan assured the nation that the electricity transmission system will be \u201ccompletely restored\u201d between Maghrib and Isha.
\n\u201cWe will restore the system between Maghrib and Isha,\u201d said the minister in a press conference. He added that an inquiry team has been formed headed by GM Technical NTDC to investigate the matter which will submit its report within five days.
\nThe minister told reporters that due to the breakdown a shortfall of 8,000 megwatts emerged, adding that at least 4,700 megawatts have been restored.
\n\u201cFaisalabad and Multan regions have been restored completely,\u201d he said, adding that Sukkur Electric Supply Company (SEPCO) has been partially restored.
\nKhan said that it will take a few hours to restore the plants that have tripped and was hopeful that plants providing electricity to Karachi will also be restored.
\n\u201cElectricity needs to be restored in Quetta and Karachi,\u201d said Khan, adding that the tripping that triggered the breakdown started from the port city and spread to the other parts of the country.
\nEarlier today, the Energy Ministry had said that southern parts of the country, mainly Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan, were left without power after a fault was detected in the national grid\u2019s southern transmission system.
\n\u201cDue to an accidental fault in the country\u2019s southern transmission system, multiple southern power plants are tripping which is affecting the transmission of electricity in the southern part of the country,\u201d tweeted the ministry.
\nThe ministry shared that it was working to detect the fault and restore electricity in the southern part country at the earliest.
\n\u00a0Areas without electricity
\nIn a statement, Karachi-Electric said that restoration efforts were underway across the metropolis and the power utility’s teams were actively monitoring and addressing the situation.
\n“Strategic installations including the airport and hospitals have been energised,” the sole electricity provider of the city said.
\nRestoration of residential areas is progressing gradually, it said, adding that parts of North Nazimabad, Buffer Zone, Baloch Colony, Nursery, KDA Scheme 1, parts of DHA, and other areas have been energised.
\n“KE’s network is safe and fully operational enabling quick restoration. KE actively remains in touch with all relevant stakeholders on the matter,” the utility said.
\nOther districts of Sindh that were without power were Hyderabad, Thatta, Jamshoro, Sujawal, Badin, Tando Muhammad Khan, Tando Allah Yar; Mirpurkhas, Umarkot, Sanghar, Nawabshah, Matiari, Tharparkar, Larkana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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