Power provide restored throughout a number of Pak cities after huge blackout

Image Source : AP IMAGE People are silhouetted on autos headlights on a darkish road throughout widespread energy outages in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. Pakistan’s nationwide energy grid skilled a serious breakdown late evening on Saturday, leaving thousands and thousands of individuals in darkness, native media reported.
Hours after a number of cities in Pakistan plunged into darkness following an enormous blackout because of a fault within the energy distribution system, the facility provide was restored absolutely or partially on Sunday in lots of cities of the nation. The energy outage was reported shortly earlier than midnight virtually concurrently in lots of cities. Residents of Karachi, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Islamabad, Multan and others confronted the blackout.

Pakistan Energy Minister Omar Ayub Khan stated that technical groups have been working to totally restore the facility provide.

He stated that electrical energy provide was restored absolutely or partially in lots of cities like Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Multan, Karachi and Faisalabad however it could take a while earlier than the restoration of regular provide.

Khan, together with Information Minister Shibli Faraz, advised reporters that the facility provide snapped at 11:41 pm on Saturday after a technical fault on the Guddu energy plant in Sindh province.

“It had what we call a ‘cascading effect’ and shut down the power system, choking about 10,320 megawatts of electricity,” he stated, including that it was the exact quantity of vitality wanted for your complete nation through the winter nights.

He stated it was nonetheless unknown what precisely triggered the shutdown that brought about the drop within the system frequency from about 50 to zero.

“Our teams are working to pinpoint the cause of the sudden drop in frequency,” he stated, including that three main provide strains originated from Guddu energy plant and it was not recognized which was the primary to expertise the drop in frequency.

Information Minister Shibli Faraz stated that the transmission system was outdated and blamed the earlier governments for neglecting it. 

(With PTI inputs)

Latest World News