KARACHI (The Thursday Times) — Large parts of Karachi will get less water on Friday, November 13, when a power shutdown at the Dhabeji pumping station cuts the city’s supply by about 130 million gallons, the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation said.
K-Electric will suspend power at the Dhabeji grid station from 10am to midnight for its annual maintenance, a Water Corporation spokesperson said. Nine of the pumping station’s 21 pumps will stop, so the corporation expects to supply about 520 million gallons that day against a daily requirement of 650 million gallons.
Areas likely to be hit
The shortfall is likely to affect Landhi, Korangi, Malir, Shah Faisal, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Clifton, Saddar, and Lyari, as well as parts of Jinnah, Chanesar, Nazimabad, Liaquatabad, and North Karachi, the spokesperson said. Parts of Nazimabad and Gulberg Town will see a partial cut.
The Landhi and Sherpao hydrants will stay closed while the power is off.
A longer wait for four areas
Once K-Electric’s work is finished, six of the nine idle pumps will be restarted, and supply should return towards normal in most areas.
Landhi, Korangi, Malir, and Shah Faisal will wait longer. The Water Corporation will then carry out its own annual maintenance at Dhabeji, lasting another 22 hours, with three pumps still out of action, so supply to those four areas will remain partly disrupted.
The corporation urged residents to store enough water in advance and to use their reserves carefully until the work is complete.
