Reports say K-Electric has begun loadshedding on more than 150 feeders that were previously exempt from scheduled cuts, deepening the Karachi power crisis. For households on those lines, the K-Electric loadshedding schedule now means planned outages where there were none before, and in several areas interruptions have run past 12 to 15 hours. Loadshedding is a planned power cut used when supply falls short of demand, and a feeder is the local power line that serves a street or a block of homes.
What the new schedule changes
Reports say standard loadshedding in some localities has grown from nine hours a day to 12 hours. Under the new arrangement, low-loss areas have been grouped with high-loss zones, so neighbourhoods with fewer cases of power theft and unpaid bills now face the same cuts as those with more. Shutdowns lasting three to six hours now occur regularly in exempted residential areas, and unannounced supply interruptions of 8 to 15 hours continue across the city.
Why residents are objecting
Residents report that K-Electric frequently attributes these outages to maintenance work and technical faults. Critics contend that the city's sole power utility is shifting the burden of power theft and unpaid bills onto law-abiding customers. The dispute is therefore about who bears the cost, not only about how much power is available.
Areas affected and what comes next
The areas named in the reports include North Karachi, Landhi, DHA, Clifton, PECHS, Liaquatabad, Orangi, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, North Nazimabad, Federal B. Area, Malir and Manzoor Colony. Whether the cuts on the newly added feeders will be reduced has not been confirmed. Anyone searching for the Karachi electricity outage today should check their own feeder with K-Electric, since timings differ from area to area.
Aasan alfaaz mein
K-Electric ne Karachi ke 150 se zyada pehle chhoot wale feeders par bhi loadshedding shuru kar di hai. Kai ilaqon mein loadshedding ab 9 ke bajaye 12 ghante tak ja rahi hai, aur kuch jagah bijli 12 se 15 ghante tak band rehti hai. Iska matlab hai ke ghar, dukan aur parhai sab par asar par sakta hai. Apne ilaqe ka feeder aur timing K-Electric se zaroor confirm karein.
