Power supply situation to improve in 48 hours: KE chief

Sindh Governor Imran Ismail has expresses anger over unannounced load shedding in the city. “This is tantamount to gross injustice to the citizens,” he asserted andtold the K-Electric to rectify the situation immediately. Chief Executive Officer Electric Monis Abdullah Alviwas summoned at the Governor House on Friday,where the Governor Sindh expressed his displeasure over the prolonged load shedding in the city by K-Electric in simmering atmosphere and said that unannounced load shedding was tantamount to severe injustice to the citizens of Karachi. According to the spokesman of Governor SindhImran Ismail said that unannounced load shedding in the height of summer season is an injustice to the citizens of Karachi. The governor said that the federal government was providing additional gas to K-Electric, however, the emergence of such a situation is a cause for concern.The governor said that additional furnace oil would be provided to K Electric from Hubco. He said that the federation is bound to provide 650 MW power to K-Electric while for the convenience of the citizens of Karachi, the federation is ready to provide additional 500 MW power but due to non-investment in the system, K Electric does not have the capacity to handle extra power. Monis Abdullah Alvisaid that the Tapal and Gul Ahmed power plants were closed due to shortage of furnace oil, while getting additional furnace oil from the federal government would help in overcoming the power crisis. He assured that load shedding would improve in the next 24 hours and the crisis of load shedding would be overcome in the next 48 hours.