Besides, the power outage caused an acute shortage of water as pumping stations did not function for want of electricity. A resident of Korangi, one of the most populous localities in the city, said on Tuesday evening that the power supply was not restored so far piling difficulties on them. Residents of the salubrious parts of the city such as Clifton and Defence Housing Society complained that the power supply remained erratic in their respective areas until morning. He said that on Monday morning a wide part of the country’s power network was impacted due to a reported sudden problem in the National Grid network which triggered a cascading effect. He said that the first priority was to restore power supply to strategic installations such as pumping stations, hospitals and the international airport, etc.
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