Dunya News - Load shedding on the rise, traders and fast observers protest

  • 10 years ago
Traders and fast observers protest to the rise in prolonged and unannounced load shedding.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) –Frequent prolonged and unannounced load shedding is hitting across the country, with the rise in temperature, disrupting routine life, Dunya News reported. Particularly in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, the power outages have been striking really harsh, forcing the business community and fast observers to hold protest demonstrations.
In urban areas the power cuts remain up to 8 to 10 hours, however, the rural areas receive an unrelenting flogging of more than 14 to 16 hours of load shedding. With a fall in the temperature of Lahore, the unannounced power cuts have reduced considerably. However, Low voltage and tripping has become a normal routine stressing out Ramazan observers.
Worsening the situation further, in some areas, the loadshedding is being observed during Iftar, Sehar and Taraweeh timings. Prolonged load shedding is causing severe inconveniences. People are furious at the routine shutdowns and are demanding an immediate end to the ongoing load shedding which has crippled the routine life.