Load Shedding in Karachi and Elsewhere

April 14th, 2007 by Commoner ( 3,402 Views )

One of key difference between a developing country and a developed (a.k.a civilized) country is the power management. Electricity has become a basic need, and its unhindered, continuous and smooth supply is the necessity, but in countries like Pakistan, its still a luxury and more or less an elusive dream.

Whether it is the mega city like Karachi or a remote small city like Kohat, the aggravated story of dismal power supply remains the same. Throughout the country, in all the four provinces, in every major or minor city, in every town or village, there nothing exist like solid and robust power supply.

The so-called load-shedding remains the integral part of rural and urban life. It docent even go away in winter, but in the summer, it becomes the thorn in the eye. The abuse and curses WAPDA gets in summer, if written on paper and loaded on Titanic, Titanic wouldn’t require a storm to get drowned.

Hide and seek role played by electricity only irate the consumers more. It not only snatches the mental and physical peace, but also results in massive financial losses in regard of electronic appliances. Frequent power breakdowns have turned lives of people miserable.

Whenever the protests are raised, government’s obstinate clowns shrug and with an intelligentand scornful frown blame the scarce water storage units. Whose fault it is? Who has to resolve these issues? of course, its the government duty. That is why they are the government. Its their responsibility provide the people with basic utilities like power supply and others. If there are problems, they are the ones to resolve them, if they can’t do it, they have no right to remain in power. And people, why in the hell we always elect these people with vested interest who always deceive us?

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Tagged with: electricity, Karachi, KESC, Kohat, load shedding, WAPDA

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2 Responses to “Load Shedding in Karachi and Elsewhere”

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faizan
March 15th, 2008 20:02 GMT
sir plz resolve the problem of load shedding in karachi we have been tired plz plz plz
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Najam Alvi
June 3rd, 2008 10:51 GMT
Pakistan though it will raise a lot of eye brows is a failed country and has miserfably failed in providing any amenity to its unfortunate citizens over the last 60 years. The plight of load shedding has simply increased the miseries of people who are already panting under dearth of essential commodities, high unemployment, unprecedented price hike, virutally no healthcare, fragile education system and law and order. In this country the victims of problems such a load sheeding there is no redressal. One really wonders as to who would listen to his complaints and resolve them. SO in such a situation who else is to be blamed it is the country itself. Why not politicians, bureaucracy, military or civil society, becasuse when you term Pakistan a failed country it simply means all these elements have looted and pillaged this country so much since its so called independence that nothing has been left in it. If country is the name of mountains, rivers, roads street and people then every country has them it is the ruling class and society, which makes a country successful or otherwise. Pakistan has failed becasue its people have failed. So we do not expect any respite from plights that we so unfortunately deserve to be the citizens of this doomed country. Whether you agree with my comments or not, whether you publish it or not but this is the feeling of all Pakistanis not just me. You cannot push the garbage under the carpet and feel that everything is ok on surface.

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