Several Karachi areas to witness power outages on Tuesday

K-Electric will undertake maintenance work at Orangi Town, Gadap, Airport II, and Queens Road Grids Karachi Electric (KE) will be undertaking a “critical maintenance activity” in several areas of the metropolis, the company said Monday, as a result of which the places will see hours-long power outages. The sole power provider of the city said the areas that will be affected due to the maintenance tomorrow (Tuesday) include Orangi Town, Gadap, Airport II, and Queens Road Grid. KE said the process is to "ensure the stability and reliability of power supply to the consumers residing in these areas". The activity requires a shutdown from 09:30am to 2pm for Orangi Town, 9am to 6pm Gadap, 10am to 6pm Airport II, and 9am to 6pm Queens Road, during which there may be temporary interruption of supply in the areas connected to the abovementioned grid. For further guidance, customers may also reach out to KE’s social media platforms or via call center 118, the company added. Areas ser...