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POWER CRISIS IN KARACHI

1st SLIDEPOWER CRISIS IN KARACHI

Karachi, and her people, are the victims of power breakdown

every summer. Starting from May, the load shedding reaches to

its peak in June. With the mercury rising and humidity levels

increasing, Karachiites have to work and sleep without

electricity, thanks to the KESC.

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Once an institution of repute, KESC got corrupted with rapid

industrialization of the city. With money flowing in from every

nook and corner, and people investing in property and

infrastructure, KESC became a gold mine. Its employees

became billionaire by providing illegal connections (kundas)

across the mega polis.


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3rd SLIDEPossible causes of power breakdowns

1) Lack of power distribution infrastructure,

2) Old equipment,

3) Line-losses,

4) Inefficient staff,

5) The gap between power demand and supply widened with

expansion of the city

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DISPUTE BETWEEN WAPDA N KESC RESULTS INMASS POWER BREAKDOWN

Life in the metropolis was seriously affected on Thursday when

a tussle between the WAPDA and the Karachi Electric SupplyCompany (KESC) caused massive citywide power breakdowns

however; nobody worries about citizens of Karachi who arebadly affected by this tug of war. As the KESC blames WAPDA

and the WAPDA blames KESC.


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5th SLIDE

CONTINUEDMany hospitals called off operations and supplies from

hydrants were affected while students suffocated in theirinstitutions due to the power outage. Business and industry

also suffered due to the lack of electricity supply. Generators

kept on noisily running the whole day but even then marketswere almost empty due to the lack of power.

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The massive power cut affected bazaars, businesses and homes

in the normally bustling economic hub and caused huge trafficjams as signals went out of order. Faced with the acute power

shortage, Karachis industry is left with no option but to waitfor the formation of new government to see how it addresses

the woes caused by growing power deficit in the economic hub

of the country.

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KARACHI BLACKED OUT OVER UNPAID BILLS

A row over unpaid bills sparked a huge power blackout inPakistans biggest city that left most of Karachis 12 million

residents without electricity The outage came after Pakistans

main power utility accused the electricity company supplyingthe southern port of refusing to settle debts of more than half a

billion dollars.


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8th SLIDE

Suggestions:

1) Power generation and power distribution sector should be

separated.

2) Power generation sector should be kept by the government

for revenue generation. Also if we analyze the system major

losses and corruption is in the distribution system

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3) Power distribution sector should be privatized so it will takecare efficiently in maintaining the distribution system and in

revenue collection. After collection it can give the share of

power generation sector and keep its share.

4) By keeping power generation sector in the government

control government will have a permanent source of incomeand it can control unnecessary profit making.


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10th SLIDE

CONCLUSION

Since the KESC has not made any significant investment in the

improvement of generation and distribution systems,

suspension in power supply sparked fears of a violent reaction,The breakdown caused the KANUPP and other local generating

units to trip, disconnecting supplies even to places like the

airport and the port. The notice made it clear that KESC wouldbear the sole responsibility in the event of any damage topublic or private property caused by violence.

THE END

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