KARACHI: A power outage at the Gharo Pumping Station and filtration plant has disrupted water supply to several areas of the cosmopolitan city of Karachi.
According to a Water Corporation spokesperson, due to a cable fault in the K-Electric supply line around 3 PM on Friday, the water pumping has been completely halted
The fault has not yet been fixed.
Due to the disruption, water supply has been affected in areas such as Port Qasim, Bin Qasim Town, Shah Faisal Town, PNS Mehran, PAF Base Faisal, and Karsaz.
The spokesperson added that Water Corporation officials are in continuous contact with K-Electric management to resolve the fault as soon as possible.
The Gharo station supplies around 30 million gallons of water daily to the city, and the interruption has completely halted this supply.
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