ISLAMABAD: Low voltage and load management of electricity have become a routine in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, but Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) denies there is hardly any load management issue in the region from Attock to Jhelum.
However, the power distribution company agreed that low voltage issue occurs as people used more electricity than the transformers capacity but whenever they received any complaint about low voltage they increased the frequency of voltage.
Residents of G-9, Satellite Town, Shah Khalid Colony, Faisal Colony and other areas have been facing power outages and low voltage for the last over one month.
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RAWALPINDI: With the start of the summer, power outages continuing for hours have started in the garrison city.Local residents said in the sweltering heat it was difficult to live without electricity and water. Moreover, students appearing in online exams are facing problems due to disconnection in the internet.
“We were already facing water shortage and the excessive loadshedding has added to our miseries. One can imagine the situation in in July and August,” said Mohammad Aslam, a resident of Allahabad.
“We managed to install an uninterrupted power supply (UPS) device but its battery ran dry after three hours,” he said.