KESC’s Avarice

Karachi Electric Supplier Company (KESC) established a new power plant in Bin Qasim one year ago that could generate 590 megawatt electricity. It is a pity that the power plant that can fulfill the needs for electricity more or less in the whole city of Karachi is yet to be functional though one year has passed since the power plant’s establishment. The power plant cost millions of dollars and was established with the cooperation of Asian Development Bank and other international financial institutions and I believe if the power plant be functional, no electricity, even for few seconds, can take place in Karachi.

If we see the overall current condition of the load shedding in Karachi, 3 to 6 hours’ load shedding is usual in the whole city whereas various areas are deprived of electricity for indiscriminate and unknown hours. As it is said “the butcher looked for his knife when he had it in his mouth”, it is elusive when the system is present and load shedding can easily be coped with, so why the people are being deprived of the electricity and why are they suffering from load shedding in increasing hot days?

In this regard, the concerned authorities must realize and bring the new power plant into operation and exploit from it in order to cope with load shedding and facilitate the public.