In the mountainous valleys of Pakistan, 18-hour daily power outages have become a regular occurrence in the city of Skardu amid the country's power crisis. A surge in mountain tourism, driven by climbers and Pakistanis looking to escape heatwaves, is rapidly depleting the region's limited energy supply.
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00:00The population here is rapidly increasing, the second main factor is that the tourism
00:22industry has excelled a lot.
00:52We used to be able to supply clothes and shawls to poor people, but now it is very difficult
00:59because of the local problems.