Emeute de l’électricité à Karachi – 11 mai 2011

Riots break out against power outages, failure

nation.com.pk

By: Ali Ousat | 12, 2011

KARACHI – Riots broke out in different parts of the city on Wednesday over unabated electricity loadshedding, as tug-of-war between CBA union and administration of KESC has led the consumers of the utility to misery.

According to details, the strike of Karachi Electricity Supply Company (KESC) employees has badly affected the supply of electricity in the city. The KESC workers are not removing technical faults in time in different parts of the city. The loadshedding duration has reached to 8 to 12 hours in different parts of the city while 24 to 36 hours power failures have also been witnessed in different areas. The citizens are also deprived of water as Karachi Water and Sewerage Board claimed that pumping station were closed due to power failure.

The areas including Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Tariq Road, Gulshan-e-Maimaar, Sohrab Goth, Surjani Town, New Karachi, Kornagi 3 and 5, Nazimbad No 7, and Malir are the worst hit areas and people there came to streets, burnt tyres and resorted to intense aerial firing causing an halt to all private and commercial activities in these respective areas. Read more…