{"id":63044,"date":"2025-01-20T12:54:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T07:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=63044"},"modified":"2025-01-20T12:54:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T07:54:32","slug":"karachi-water-supply-temporarily-restored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/karachi-water-supply-temporarily-restored\/","title":{"rendered":"Karachi water supply temporarily restored"},"content":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: In a recent development, Water supply to Karachi from the Dhabeji Pumping Station has been restored after a power breakdown earlier this morning,\u00a0<\/span>a K-electric<\/a> spokesperson<\/span>\u00a0said<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Water supply to\u00a0<\/span>various<\/span>\u00a0areas\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0the city was suspended on Monday morning\u00a0<\/span>after<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>power breakdown<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>caused two main water supply lines to burst.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>quoted<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>KWSC<\/span><\/a>\u00a0spokesperson\u00a0<\/span>as<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>explaining\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>“<\/span>the high pressure\u00a0<\/span>due<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>power breakdown\u00a0<\/span>caused<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>damages<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>72-inch Line No<\/span>\u00a01 and Line No<\/span>\u00a05,\u00a0<\/span>which<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>turn<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>reduced<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>100<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>MGD<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>water<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>supply<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>metropolis”<\/span>.<\/p>\n

<\/span>This<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>has<\/span>\u00a0affected\u00a0<\/span>parts<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Shah Faisal Colony, PECHS, Sindhi Muslim Society, and\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Old City<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>The Chief Engineer has informed that\u00a0<\/span>emergency repairs are\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>process<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0Line No. 5\u00a0<\/span>will<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>restored<\/span>\u00a0within the next 24 hours<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>spokesperson<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>KWSC\u00a0<\/span>asked<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0citizens to\u00a0<\/span>save<\/span>\u00a0water\u00a0<\/span>as efforts\u00a0<\/span>were<\/span>\u00a0being made to restore electricity\u00a0<\/span>at the pumping stations\u00a0<\/span>and resume water supply.\u00a0<\/span>Because of disrupted water supply<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>about<\/span>\u00a080 to 90 percent of Karachi is expected to face a\u00a0<\/span>shortage\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>water<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The K-electric spokesperson\u00a0<\/span>said<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>water supply\u00a0<\/span>to several areas\u00a0<\/span>was<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>resumed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>temporarily,\u00a0<\/span>restored\u00a0<\/span>from Dhabeji pumping station<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>while<\/span>\u00a0all main pumps\u00a0<\/span>were<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>functional<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>but\u00a0<\/span>efforts\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>remove<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>fault<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>at<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>site were a continuous process,\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>monitoring<\/span>\u00a0the situation\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>improvement<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>breakdown of\u00a0<\/span>power\u00a0<\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>Dhabeji Pumping Station has\u00a0<\/span>brought<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>water<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>supply mechanism\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>grinding<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>halt<\/span>, and\u00a0<\/span>restoration<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>work<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>underway<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>restore<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>same<\/span>\u00a0as\u00a0<\/span>soon<\/span>\u00a0as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the meantime,\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>citizens\u00a0<\/span>have<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>been<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>advised\u00a0<\/span>to take\u00a0<\/span>necessary\u00a0<\/span>precautions and conserve water\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>view<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>this<\/span>\u00a0shortage.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: In a recent development, Water supply to Karachi from the Dhabeji Pumping Station has been restored after a power breakdown earlier this morning,\u00a0a K-electric spokesperson\u00a0said.\u00a0 Water supply to\u00a0various\u00a0areas\u00a0of\u00a0the city was suspended on Monday morning\u00a0after\u00a0a\u00a0power breakdown\u00a0caused two main water supply lines to burst.\u00a0 It\u00a0quoted\u00a0the\u00a0KWSC\u00a0spokesperson\u00a0as\u00a0explaining\u00a0that\u00a0“the high pressure\u00a0due\u00a0to\u00a0power breakdown\u00a0caused\u00a0damages\u00a0in\u00a072-inch Line No\u00a01 and Line No\u00a05,\u00a0which\u00a0in\u00a0turn\u00a0reduced\u00a0100\u00a0MGD\u00a0water\u00a0supply\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0metropolis”. This\u00a0has\u00a0affected\u00a0parts\u00a0of\u00a0Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Shah […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":40759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[18793,25918],"class_list":["post-63044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-karachi-water-supply","tag-karachi-water-supply-restored"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63044","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63048,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63044\/revisions\/63048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}