Report: Tens Of Millions Experience Major Blackout In Pakistan

Pakistan experienced a largescale power outage On Monday morning, bringing to light problems with the country’s electrical grid.

Millions This is people across The country were without Power when it is a major blackout started at 7:34 am local time. According to The New York Times, authorities said that power had been restored in Islamabad and Rawalpindi after eight hours. 

Reporting from Pakistani outlet DawnMost of the 220 million residents of the country were affected.

According to local authorities the power surge caused the blackout in Sindh Province. Khurram Khan, the energy minister, stated that the voltage problem caused a domino effect, with electricity plants in Pakistan not functioning. 

Dastgir was also reported to have reportedly said The situation was “not a major crisis,” However, many homes and businesses were without power for 12 hours after the outage began. 

Geo TV was informed by him that some of the power was turned off at night during winter season. BBC.

“In winter, the demand for electricity reduces nationwide, hence, as an economic measure, we temporarily close down our power generation systems at night,” He stated. 

However, once the systems were turned back on, however, “frequency variation and voltage fluctuation” These were seen in southern Part of the country “somewhere between Dadu and Jamshoro” And then “power generating units shut down one by one,” He stated.

Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister established To investigate the massive blackout, a high-ranking team will be convened.

Experts have confirmed that electricity has been restored to some areas even though they were initially turned off in certain areas. said Electric problems arise from the fact the electric grid has become older. The government, however, reportedly claims that it doesn’t have the money to improve it.

Imran Khan will be the Prime Minister in 2020 said that 60% of the country’s electricity would be made from renewable energy by 2030.

Over the last several years, the electrical grid has been a problem in the country. A 2018 blog reports that the country’s electrical grid has been a source of problems. post For the World Bank concerning the report, “In the Dark,” almost 50 million people in Pakistan weren’t able to utilize the electric grid. Pakistan also came in 115th place in a 2018 report on 137 economies’ power reliability. 

Reuters will become a worldwide news organization in 2021 reported There is a new issue in the country: it could generate more electricity than before, due to the increase in coal plants purchased by China. 

“We have been adding capacity, but we have been doing so without improving transmission infrastructure,” Fahad Rauf is the leader of research at Karachi’s brokerage Ismail Iqbal Industries. He said that more recently, per Reuters. 

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