A KESC staffer struggles to put out a fire on a transformer in September
KARACHI: The entire city was plunged into darkness on Wednesday evening after a major 600MW disruption from Wapda cascaded through the system, DawnNews quoted KESC officials as saying.The lack of power is directly affecting the ability of emergency services such as hospitals, fire-fighters etc. to cope with Karachi’s stresses, and experts are worried that those without extensive back-up generation capacities may soon become totally crippled.
KESC spokesmen told DawnNews that teams were working hard to fix the problem, but would not give an estimate as to how long the solution would take. However, sources said it would take at least six hours to restore power.
