Power Grid Breakdown Plunges Pakistan Into Darkness

http://bit.ly/1zfNXza This was the fourth major breakdown of the system within the past one month plunging countless cities, towns and villages in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan into darkness. A substantial area in Sindh was affected, too. The breakdown did not spare even Islamabad. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif took notice of the worst-ever power breakdown to have hit the country and issued instructions for the immediate resumption of power supply on an emergency basis. Power supply in many areas was restored after the instructions were issued by the prime minister. A K-Electric spokesperson told Dawn that power supply had been partially restored in Karachi and the supply to remaining areas would also resume soon. The tripping of Guddu power plant's transmission lines affected the 500KW power line from the national grid, forcing Jamshoro and Bin Qasim power stations to shut down. Dawn's Quetta correspondent, Syed Ali Shah, reported that in Balochistan 17 districts suffered a sudden power breakdown. http://bit.ly/1CH4q2D