KARACHI: Worst load-shedding and electricity theft in neighboring areas have exacerbated the miseries of people living in North Karachi.
Almost 12 hours of load shedding throughout the day in most areas of New Karachi has made the life of the residents of the area miserable, said the residents of New Karachi Sector 5F Rajput Colony.
Farooq Khan, Muhammad Tariq and Babar have told media that power cuts occur from 7am to 8:30am; 9:30am to 12pm; 2:3 pm to 5pm, and from 7pm to 10:30pm and then from 12:30am to 1:30am and sometimes the power supply is suspended from 8am to 10pm, they said.
Most of the residents of these areas are laborers. When they return to their homes in the evening after a long day of work, they face a power outage in the sweltering heat. After the electricity comes on at 1:30am in the night, there is concern about filling the water and they sleep around 4am to 5am due to which they face severe problems during work. School going children also find it difficult to do their homework.
Meanwhile, residents of New Karachi Industrial Area Sector 11 F and No6.5 said if there is electricity supply for an hour in a day, it will be absent for three hours in the night.
The resident revealed that the kunda mafia is making profit by illegal sale of electricity. Two men named Momin and Zubair provide electricity with the alleged help of some K-Electric field workers.
The unscrupulous elements in the power utility have allowed illegal sale of electricity through cables running from the North Karachi Industrial Area to nearby slums. There is no load-shedding in the industrial zone.
The criminal elements provide electricity to more than 250 houses with the help of kunda and they charge Rs10,000 in advance and Rs3,000 per month from each house.
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