{"id":43877,"date":"2024-08-05T14:01:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T09:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=43877"},"modified":"2024-08-05T14:01:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T09:01:55","slug":"protestors-forcefully-switch-on-grid-stations-in-bannu-during-loadshedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/protestors-forcefully-switch-on-grid-stations-in-bannu-during-loadshedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Protestors forcefully switch on grid stations in Bannu during loadshedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PESHAWAR: Amid the ongoing power <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/govt-taking-every-possible-step-to-control-load-shedding-pm-shehbaz\/\">load-shedding<\/a>, protestors stormed Bannu and Kurram Garhi grid stations and forcefully switched on the feeders, the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the PESCO <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">spokesperson<\/span>, angry protestors stormed<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> grid stations last night and restored supply on the feeders<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> closed for the repair work. F<\/span>orcefully turning feeders on during <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">repair <\/span>times can result in serious harm to the staff, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he said, CCTV footage showed protesters using metal tools to switch on the feeders, which<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> could lead to severe accidents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Legal action will be taken against the protestors who stormed the grid station, the company spokesperson said, adding that, <\/span>it has become routine for the protesters to assault the staff at the grid stations.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Earlier, KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur threatened to take control of <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">office<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> of Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) if \u2018<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">loadshedding<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> isn\u2019t reduced.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PESHAWAR: Amid the ongoing power load-shedding, protestors stormed Bannu and Kurram Garhi grid stations and forcefully switched on the feeders, the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) said on Monday. According to the PESCO spokesperson, angry protestors stormed grid stations last night and restored supply on the feeders closed for the repair work. Forcefully turning feeders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":43880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[20098,20099,20097],"class_list":["post-43877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-bannu-grid-stations","tag-kurram-garhi-grid-station","tag-pesco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43881,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43877\/revisions\/43881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}