The Ministry of Energy said that a “fault in the country’s southern transmission system” caused a significant power outage on Thursday that affected Sindh and Punjab.
In addition to Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Jamshoro, Sujawal, Badin, Mirpurkhas, Umarkot, Sanghar, Nawabshah, Matiari, Tharparkar, and Larkana, electricity service has been interrupted throughout Sindh.
Additionally, the power has been cut off in a number of Punjabi cities, including Rahim Yar Khan and Rajanpur, according to Geo.
“Due to an accidental fault in the country’s southern transmission system, several southern power plants are tripping in stages, which is disrupting the transmission of electricity in the southern part of the country,” said the Ministry of Energy in a tweet post.
“The Ministry of Energy is diligently investigating the cause of the outage and the power system will be fully restored as soon as possible,” it added.
According to reports, a technical issue has caused the Guddu Thermal Power Station in Kashmore to stop producing electricity. Technical issues at the power plant prevent the 600MW and 747MW units from running.
The 500-KV system nationwide is not functioning, according to sources at National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC). They claimed that the causes are still being determined.
The southern port city’s many neighbourhoods, including Malir, Sarjani Town, and Saddar, experienced power outages. Since 10:00 am, there has been no electricity in these neighbourhoods.
Meanwhile, there were power disruptions in places including Gulshan-e-Maymar, Federal B Area, Liaquatabad, and Superhighway.
Baldia, Orangi Town, North Nazimabad, and North Karachi are all without electricity. In addition to this, several places, notably the SITE Industrial Area, lack electricity.
K-Electric is looking into reports of many outages from various areas of the city, K-Electric spokesperson Imran Rana wrote in a tweet.
There are currently efforts being made to restore power. K Electric claims that all residential areas have had electrical supply restored, adding that 1,600 of Karachi’s 1,900 feeders are now operational.
Even though it has been more than eight hours since the breakdown started, the remaining 300 feeders have still not been powered up, leaving some areas without power.
